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Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, New Words Learned, Psychological Thriller, Suspense/Thrillers, Words
Party of Liars – a Review
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Tag: Stephen Helmes
Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
May 2025 Writing Prompts
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Have you ever had a monster under your bed? What are you going to do for your mother on Mother’s Day? Do you like to take selfies? Does it surprise you to learn that the first post office was in a tavern? Would you ever ask to take a selfie with a hijacker?
Book Reviews, Dark Fiction, Fiction Writing, Humor, New Words Learned, Short Stories/Novellas, Words
The Book of Outcasts – a Review
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Each of the stories in this outstanding and well-written book is about an outcast. Troubled marriages, jealousy, addictions, and vaccines are some of the things youβll encounter in this interesting collection.
Action/Adventure, Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Suspense/Thrillers, Women's Fiction
The Hitchhikers – a Review
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πβπ π»ππ‘πββπππππ is impossible to put down, full of tension and suspense that never quits until you read the final page. But even then, this story with so many twists and turns refused to leave my thoughts.
April Holidays, Fiction Writing, Holidays, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Scrabble Day, Talk Like Shakespeare Day, & Other Zany Holidays in April
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How many chances will you take on Take a Chance Day? Will you visit a mad scientist on World Laboratory Day? On Talk Like Shakespeare Day, will thou talkest like Shakespeare? What will you see up above on Look Up at the Sky Day? On Reach as High as You Can Day, what will you reach for? How many games of Scrabble will you play on Scrabble Day?
Fiction Writing, Guest Posts, Historical Fiction, History
How Are These (Soviet) Jews Different From Other (American) Jews? – Guest Post by Alina Adams
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Winston Churchill once described Americans and British as βtwo people separated by a common language.β
Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
April 2025 Writing Prompts
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What famous April Fool’s hoax involves a food that many love? Could your character pull a hoax that tops this one? What will your character find during spring cleaning? How do early spring flowers give your character quite a scare? Your character is swallowed by a sinkhole. How does this happen, and does your character survive?
Fiction Writing, Idioms, Words
Whoa, Nellie!
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Are you a Nervous Nellie? Or perhaps youβre a Negative Nellie. Has anyone ever said to you, βNot on your Nelly?β What do these idioms mean?
Fiction Writing, Words
Grumbletonian & Other Words to Describe People
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Why use common words like untidy, contemptible, vain, simple, etc., when describing a person when there are so many fun words available to use?
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thrillers
Undone – a Review
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ππππππ is a different kind of zombie book, one that will without a doubt grab your attention. I thought it was a bit slow at first, but my opinion soon changed once I understood what was happening. Then the book became impossible to put down.
