Whether it be the 1910 horror film, Frankenstein, written and directed by J. Searle Dawley, or the 1974 comedy from Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein, the image of the monster and his creator are forever etched into our minds. But with all the great adaptations to this fine story over nearly two centuries, we should not…
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Fiction Writing, Guest Posts, Writing
The Power of Music – Guest Post by LC Champlin
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• •Who doesn’t like music? To say music is powerful is the understatement of the millennium. It activates our brain in ways nothing else can. It makes us feel emotions and remember times gone by. We know thousands—if not tens of thousands—of songs, but we think nothing of it. Music is an alphabet of twelve notes…
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J.A. Snow – I Have a Story to Tell
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• •Over forty years ago, I embarked on an incredible journey: digging up the roots of my family tree. It whisked me away to such remote places of the world as the quaint hamlet of Porlock on the southwest coast of England, where I found myself among pirates and smugglers. It dragged me through the bloody…
Author Interviews, Guest Posts
Andy Peloquin Interview – Kill Your Darlings, Your Enemies, Kill Them All!
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• •One thing we authors often hear is “kill your darlings.” This usually refers to the parts of our books we really like but may not work in the larger context of the story. That could include certain elements, tropes, or favorite characters. But some authors take a different approach to this. I asked Andy Peloquin,…
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Writing About the Mob – Guest Post by Jennifer Bates
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Alberto Pupo – Who Am I?
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• •Chase your dreams, they often say. How many truly get a chance to do so? In a world that is dog-eat-dog and whatnot, chasing dreams is something meaningless and devoid of context. It is an empty platitude and nothing more. Something strange happened in my case. The stars aligned and a very special woman made…
Fiction Writing, Guest Posts, Kentuckiana Authors
Why Dreams? – Guest Post by Matthew Keith
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Toni Kief – Using Life as Inspiration for Your Writing
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Selecting Stories For A Short Story Collection – Guest Post by Ashley Franz Holzmann
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• •There are typically three options when it comes to organizing a collection of short stories. An editor can have the writers come to them by establishing a call for submissions, or they can contact the authors directly in order to publish current stories. The third option is to find the right authors and then build…