What was the author’s inspiration for this book? How deeply does he develop his characters before beginning to write? Is there some special way he chooses their names? Has he always wanted to write? What advice does he have for those who are trying to have their writing published? What was your inspiration for this…
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Mystery, New Words Learned, Suspense/Thrillers, Words
Murder Run – a Review
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Confusing Words from Complacence to Conscious
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• •Would you find a conch or a conk on the beach? Do you want to concur or conquer your enemies? If you can see and hear what is going on around you, are you conscience or conscious? complacence, complaisance Complacence is indifference or self-satisfaction. Brittany had so much complacence about her ability to pass the test…
Collective Nouns, Fiction Writing, Halloween Articles, Writing Prompts and Exercises
A Tangle of Gorgons
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Legend Behind the Jack-o’-Lantern – Guest Post by Stephen Helmes
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• •With Halloween right around the corner, everywhere we look we see the orange and black color scheme, decorations of skeletons, ghouls, witches, and ghosts. When you go into the city, you see store aisles and occasionally entire stores dedicated in celebration of the darkest holiday of the year. On this day of vampires, witches, and…
Fiction Writing, Guest Posts, Zombie Fiction
Zombies Can Be Fun! – Guest Post by Stephen Helmes
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The Turn of the Screw: the Book & the Movie – a Review
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• •A young governess travels to a secluded estate to care for two children. She discovers, much to her horror that a couple of ghosts are hanging around, and these children are communicating with them. The governess fears that these ghosts are evil and attempting to possess the children. The rather creepy children know about these…
Fiction Writing, Guest Posts
Restoring the Scare Factor – Guest Post by Michael Bray
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• •The literary incarnation of the vampire has changed significantly over the last few years. Gone is the eerie, long shadow casting creeping of Max Scheck’s portrayal of Nosferatu, lost is the sophisticated charm and bloodlust evoked by greats such as Bela Lagosi and Christopher Lee to such great effect. It seems the current public image…
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Horror
Meat – a Review
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A Vexation of Zombies
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• •Have you ever dreamed that a liberty of mummies chased you through a museum? Has a prominence of dhampirs ever saved you from the a basement of vampires? Are you afraid your town will be invaded by a vexation of zombies? Mummies, golems, dhampirs, revenants, skeletons, vampires, wendigoes, and zombies are creatures of the night…