Would you fain or feign sickness if you wanted to get out of going somewhere? If you hadn’t had a bite to eat all day, would you feel faint or feint? Is a male parent a father, farther, or further? Is a festival a fate or a fete? facts, fax Facts are things that are known…
Category: Fiction Writing
Collective Nouns, Fiction Writing, Phobias, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Lepidopterophobia and a Kaleidoscope of Butterflies
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• •Has your home been invaded by a kaleidoscope of butterflies? Or is a rabble of butterflies always causing fights? Either way, a person with lepidopterophobia would be horrified. What are some collective nouns for butterflies? Butterflies are gorgeous flying insects with large, scaly wings. Some are more beautiful than others, but they are all wondrous…
Book Reviews, New Words Learned, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thrillers
Time’s Adversary – a Review
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• •Fiction Writing, Guest Posts, Zombie Fiction
How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse – Guest Post by Daniel Greene
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• •My name is Daniel Greene, and I am the author of End Time, a zombie apocalypse thriller. End Time is a multiple-point-of-view novel, primarily following elite counterterrorism agent, Mark Steele, and CDC virologist, Dr. Joseph Jackowski, as a zombie virus with a wicked bite is unleashed across the globe. Many people have asked me: How…
Book Reviews, New Words Learned, Suspense/Thrillers, Words, Zombie Fiction
End Time – a Review
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• •The fall of mankind begins in the jungles around the Congo River Basin. Amidst conditions that are ripe for war in Africa, a doctor is sent there to combat the threat of monkeypox. The disease he encounters is far deadlier though. Counterterrorist agents sent to rescue the doctor arrive in the Congo, but getting the…
Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
The Terror of the Victorian Insane Asylum
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• •Life was anything but good for a woman during the Victorian era. Women had more to fear from the men of that time than they had to fear from vampires, werewolves, zombies, or any other supernatural creature that might be wandering around. It became even worse if you were deemed to be mentally challenged or…
Confusing Words, Fiction Writing, Words, Writing
Confusing Words from Expropriation to Factitious
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• •Book Reviews, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, New Words Learned, Science Fiction, Words
Magruder’s Curiosity Cabinet – a Review
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• •Prepare to meet a bizarre assortment of people. History blends with science fiction and fantasy in this story that will keep you engrossed. Once you start this book, you won’t be able to put it down until you reach the last page. Kelly Hayward and her mom have traveled to Coney Island, New York from…
Audiobooks, Book Reviews, Literary Fiction, New Words Learned, Words
The Middle-Aged Man & the Sea – a Review
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• •Relationships are at the center of each of these stories. They will make you think about your own life, the people that you know, and what each of them might encounter in their day-to-day lives. Each of these stories is an extremely real slice of life. They are very well-written, and the characters are so genuine…