Look, selling books is a business. No different from selling cars. Novel Adventures may simply be another way to place a product, in this case, Saturn cars, it looks like fun and may get people reading. Daphne Zuniga stars in the webisodes. Four female friends will take off on adventures inspired by classic novels. TheyContinue reading “Mephistophelian?”
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Cassius, is that an ides of March in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Why wasn’t I taught this in high school? I may come to enjoy Shakespeare. Finally, a book about what we all think about constantly, namely sex. At least most guys do, Lexi Revellian on her blog differs a bit with this in Men and women, sex and writing… … men appear entranced by the mechanicsContinue reading “Cassius, is that an ides of March in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”
Elizabeth Lyon on Style and Voice
A few months back Elizabeth Lyon gave a talk about Style and Voice from her book Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford To Ignore. She says that she put style first in her book because style (words used to create a desired effect to fit genre and character),voice (“…the author’s natural useContinue reading “Elizabeth Lyon on Style and Voice”
Wiring Your Story
Lynn Viehl (39 novels in 5 genres) is fast becoming my favorite blogger. Her Paperback Writer blog of July 28, 2008 is terrific. It’s titled VW#1: Power Plotting (I think VW = Virtual Workshop). I’ve heard of stories compared to building before, but her use of electricity as the power and the wiring as howContinue reading “Wiring Your Story”
Nullius in Verba 