Writing a great headline means extending an enticing invitation to a potential reader. It’s not the whole story, nor is it an attempt to convince anyone to do anything other than to keep reading. That being said, it seems the blogging world is littered with poorly-crafted headlines. While many contain one or more necessary elements, other factors […]
via Five Mistakes to Avoid when Writing a Headline — The Art of Blogging
Sliver of light shines Through the future’s open door May it confer peace *** Ah, my weekly poetry fix will have a different flavor until the end of the month! Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday is on a well-deserved Sabbatical, but she still encourages weekly syllabic poems. Since we’re writing forms of Japanese poetry, I thought […]
From essays to interviews, excerpts and reading lists, we publish around 150 features a month. And though we’re proud of each week’s offerings, we do have our personal favorites. Below are some of our favorite pieces of writing from the month at Lit Hub. “Jane Alison on Raymond Carver and Tobias Wolff” by Jane Alison…
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Interview with Ellen Dunne [Dominique Jeannerod] What made you decide to set your first novel (Wie Du mir, 2011) in Belfast ? [Ellen Dunne] I became interested in the Northern Irish Conflict aged 17, when I watched the movie “In the Name of the Father” by Jim Sheridan, in early 1994. The story […]
via Belfast-Munich-Dublin: An Interview with Ellen Dunne — International Crime Fiction Research Group
THE EAST END Author: Jason Allen ISBN: 9780778308393 Publication Date: 5/7/19 Publisher: Park Row Books Buy Links: Harlequin Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Powell’s Social Links: Author Website Twitter: @EathanJason Facebook: @jasonallenauthor Goodreads Author Bio: Jason Allen grew up in a working-class home in the Hamptons, where he worked a variety of blue-collar jobs for wealthy […]
via The East End by Jason Allen #review #fiction #authorinterview — reecaspieces
“You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café: Devereaux Frazier and Beth Amanda are currently hosting the Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge which was started by our star writer Christine Ray. We hope to offer all of you something that will spark your creativity and willingness to participate. The prompts are designed to be quick challenges?that can…
via Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge: Tuesday, March 30, 2019 — Megha’s World
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch [1964] – ★★★★1/2 This is my fourth Philip K. Dick novel (previously, I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [1968], A Scanner Darkly [1977] and Ubik [1969]). This story is set in future and follows Barney Mayerson, an employee of P.P (Perky Pat) Layouts, a firm which specialises […]
via Review: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick — Thoughts on Papyrus
“Be the lightning. Even if its for a second, turns the night into a day.”
via #Quote Of The Day | #Lightning | #Storms | #Nature | #Thunderbolts — Breakaway Consciousness
A daydream carried a bit too far A long time ago I was introduced to Stephen King. It was a giant book full of short stories. Soon after reading his amazing work I graduated to his novels. Before I knew it I was reading other horror novels. Some were good and some were okay but […]
via How I accidentally wrote a horror novel — A Crack in the Pavement
Irish Horror Writers Month – Interview with Iseult Murphy Tell us a bit about yourself? Name, State or country? What is your connection to Irish Heritage? Do you know what part of Ireland your ancestors came from? Do you live close to where they lived? Have you visited there? Hello! My name is Iseult Murphy. […]
J is a student at a school deep in a forest far away from the rest of the world. J is one of only twenty-six students, all of whom think of the school’s enigmatic founder as their father. J’s peers are the only family he has ever had. The students are being trained to be […]
via Inspection by Josh Malerman #bookreview #horror #TuesdayBookBlog — Books and Such
The 2016 film “Genius” produced by Summit Entertainment about American writer, Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) and his tumultuous relationship with lover Aline Bernstein (Nicole Kidman) and famed editor, Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth) was both an enlightening story and a cautionary tale. The film depicts the story of Thomas Wolfe and his days in New York […]
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