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Callie Bowld On Writing: “Get Off the Couch!” by Callie Bowld
Callie Bowld On Writing: “Get Off the Couch!” by Callie Bowld
I wrote a book. While some say that is an applaudable task in and of itself—and I believe it is—I am also a perfectionist, an over-achiever if you will. I don’t settle for applaudable; I crave the ovation. I wanted my books to actually reach people. A challenge, for sure, but I love those, too. Read More
Happy Holidays!
To all my lovely authors, readers, followers, and supporters. I warmly wish you the best and thank you for everything. May this year bring you joy, health and happiness.
Jeyran Main
SHOE POLISH by Neville Diony
SHOE POLISH by Neville Diony
When cars drive by, the dust will cover the sky before settling back down, only for a few minutes, as another vehicle speeds through the local highway, only to raise the earth again. The village sky remained mostly dust brown until the early hours of the evening. That’s when Uncle Joe will walk to his old pair of black hard sole shoes that had been out in the sun, grab them, and walk back to his front porch. He usually sits on that front porch, or veranda as they like to call it, with an old water bottle filled with palm wine, a small battery-powered radio with very long antennas, tuned to an AM station. His t-shirt hangs from a clothesline on his veranda, and his sunburned ashy skin begs for a smear of lotion.
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Behold, the creative muse. Maddening. Ungainly. Inconsistent. Unpredictable. Ugly. by Dr. Timothy Lawver
Behold, the creative muse. Maddening. Ungainly. Inconsistent. Unpredictable. Ugly. by Dr. Timothy Lawver
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n October of 2011, I decided I would write a very serious novel for National Novel Writing Month, the challenge to write a 50,000 word novel between November 1 and December 1. I plotted it out, a tense zombie novel with what I thought was a novel concept, filled with suspense, wit, drama, and just enough gore to justify the fear.
Let’s Pretend: A Tale of Mind, Imagination, and Healing by Christian Hageseth III (Book Review #681)
Let’s pretend is a paranormal fiction story. It is about a sixty-three-year-old man who has Parkinson’s disease. Peter is not only dealing with this situation, but he is also bankrupt, lonely, and struggling to survive with all the loss in his life.
Living Lightly – Bring Happiness and Calm to Your Everyday by Dale Curd and Kimberly Alexander (Book Review #680)
Living lightly is a self-help book written about ways to create happiness and calmness into your life. It approaches the matter by initially identifying that things are not going well. It asks you to step back and have a different look at the situation at hand and suggests that you change your perspective of things in order to reduce being overwhelmed, distracted, and stressed out.
Father of Storms by Dean Jones (Book Review #679)
Translating Stories Into Different Languages by Whitney Rines
Translating Stories Into Different Languages by Whitney Rines
An experience I’ve found much more interesting lately, mainly because I’ve become much more aware of it, is translating stories into different mediums and filters, and how it affects them and influences the reader’s experience. Before I go on with my rant, I’m not any sort of scientist or expert in anything I’ll be talking about, and this is not a critique about how “the book was better.” This is all just a short personal review of the importance of medium like a movie, stage-play, or audiobook, and personal filter like different languages and cultural expectations change the experience. Read More
Fountain dead by Theresa Braun (Book Review #678)
Fountain dead is a young adult occult horror story about Mark. He is forced to move with his family to a place called Nowhere-Ville. The new place, however, does not seem normal. Mark begins to feel as if the objects and walls are alive. The more he tries to understand what is going on, the deeper he gets involved into this haunted house.
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