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The Enchantment -
Gregory Lewis (1,456)    
Gregory Lewis   
W hen I was a young boy my mother took my brothers and I to a wilderness refuge in southern California called Neil Park. There were hills and a small rushing brook. There were jackrabbits and great horned owls that swooped upon us as we rode, shrieking, in the back of the maroon colored VW... ( added 1 year 42 days ago.) |
The Punch -
Gregory Lewis (1,456)
Gregory Lewis
He submitted his last story that morning, and then purchased a one-way plane ticket to Miami, online. Upon printing his receipt, oppression overcame him. The writer was now officially without assignment and occupation. He spent the remainder of that afternoon, until 4:00, lounging on his bed... ( added 1 year 44 days ago.) |
I Pledge Allegiance To The Flag -
 - David Tanguay (9,551)    
David Tanguay
The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag is an oath of loyalty to the country. It is recited at many public events. Congress sessions open with the recitation of the Pledge.
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag reads as follows:
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United... ( added 1 year 66 days ago.) |
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Lacey Jay Cassidy’s Celestial Fish Head Soup -
Marty RicKard (2,684)  
Marty RicKard
Red dust puffed around my bare feet. Sweat trickled down my back and soaked into my panties. I lifted the hem of my dress and wiped my face, then descended to the Gum Slough Bridge through a narrow canyon of kudzu that climbed forty feet into the trees. I stopped on the bridge. The old copperhead... ( added 1 year 105 days ago.) |
Bring an Elf or a Dragon to the Beach with you: Epic Fantasy Summer Reading Recommendations -
Will Kalif (11,017) 
Will Kalif
This summer brings us a lot of great epic fantasy novels both from established authors continuing their series and from new authors with fresh new stories and worlds for you to discover. This article gives you recommendations from among the best and most promising.
The... ( added 1 year 128 days ago.) |
Dreams are Real -
Larry Fox (56) 
Dreams are real, living in your mind. They are the doorway to unlocking all the wonders of mankind. They keep you warm when the world is cold. In dreams, the timid can become the bold. They empower the soul, to let the dreamer reach any goal. That's the key to unlock our mortal gate, forever... ( added 1 year 152 days ago.) |
Fiction Writer: How to Explode the Goodness Myth -
- Jean Purcell (1,878)  
Jean Purcell
Fiction writers' challenges are different from those of non-fiction writers. Non-fiction readers are usually seeking information, advice, or instruction. Fiction readers usually want reading pleasure and entertainment, what has been called a "willing suspension of disbelief for the moment."... ( added 1 year 161 days ago.) |
Origins of the Segregation of Literary Fiction from Popular Fiction -
- Jennifer Cuddy (985)  
Jennifer Cuddy
Why is literary fiction notorious for being statistically 'low sellers' in the world of book publishing? This question, is often indirectly asked by many literary writers who are frustrated by what they believe to be a book publishing industry who cater only to mass markets by following... ( added 1 year 168 days ago.) |
Review: Stranded: Stories From The Edge of Infinity… -
ngoldman (5,760) 
ngoldman
Author: Kimberly Raiser
ISBN: 978-1-4327-0601-2
It takes only a few short stories to be captivated and drawn in by the impressive range and styles of Kimberly Raiser's anthology of writings that are crafted in a variety of venues which are included in her first short story collection... ( added 1 year 169 days ago.) |
New Literary Movements: An Interview with Andrew Gallix on 'The Offbeat Generation" -
- Jennifer Cuddy (985)
Jennifer Cuddy
There is a self conscious 'movement' emerging in the blogosphere who call themselves 'The Offbeat Generation'. Heralded by founder and chief editor of 3:AM magazine, Andrew Gallix, describes the Offbeats as "nonconcomformers who ( atleast in their work) feel alienated from mainstream publishing... ( added 1 year 181 days ago.) |
Killing A Mystery's Soul--5 Mortal Sins -
Dave Diotalevi (38)
You're a mystery fan and have settled down with a book you've begged, bought, or borrowed. You expect to be at the very least entertained, but--based on past experience--you hope to be transported to a state of entrancement, fascination, and even awe. Books can do that and you know it. Then, why... ( added 1 year 184 days ago.) |
Discipline, Dedication, Deprivation: Becoming a Novel -
Alice Wisler (0)
When people congratulate authors on their works, I sense it. I feel it at parties and coffee shops. The air vibrates with the sensation. I can't deny it; others, those who don't know any better, think that writing a novel only takes a loose idea. Anyone can do it. If they feel this way, then why... ( added 1 year 194 days ago.) |
Goethe: A German Writer of the First Rank -
Satis Shroff (758)  
Satis Shroff
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, who was lifted to nobility as J. W.von Goethe in 1782, was born on August 28, 1749 in the town of Frankfurt. The Goethes lived in a large, comfortable house in the Hirschgasse, now called Goethe Haus. Besides practical, scientific and autobiographical writings, he left... ( added 1 year 200 days ago.) |
Review: An Inconvenient Marriage: The Keeping Of Jake Mitchell -
ngoldman (5,760)
ngoldman
Author: Ruth Ann Nordin
ISBN: 978-1-4327-1995-1
Ruth Ann Nordin's recent romantic novel is at heart a love story with a different twist. Instead of the usual c ( added 1 year 203 days ago.) |
The Pain-Body: What We Carry With Us -
Barbara Clark (581) 
Barbara Clark
In Chapter 5 of "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose," author Eckhart Tolle states, "The energy field of old but still very much alive emotion that lives in almost every human being is the pain-body." --page 142 Our pain-bodies are the energy of our past hurts: the bumps, bruises and... ( added 1 year 208 days ago.) |
The Roles We Play in Relationships -
Barbara Clark (581)
Barbara Clark
In Chapter 4 of "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose," author Eckhart Tolle states, "When you are completely identified with a role, you confuse a pattern of behavior with who you are, and you take yourself very seriously. You also automatically assign roles to others that correspond to... ( added 1 year 208 days ago.) |
Gothicism as a Means to Awaken Equality in Victorian Women -
Cynthia McMurray (2,003) 
Cynthia McMurray
By the early 1800s, the rigid harshness and macabre atmosphere of the traditional Gothic Romance had subtly transformed into a more controversial medium depicting the dysfunctional societal constructs of gender and class-related bias. Two writers in particular utilized this highly established... ( added 1 year 211 days ago.) |
Here's the Laptop, Here's the Spellcheck, Now Write a Book -
- Jennifer Cuddy (985)
Jennifer Cuddy
A promising new Literary movement is emerging across the pond in the small cafes and crowded flats of Europe. In the spirit of the 'Beat Poets' and writers of the fifties ( Jack Kerouac, William S Burroughs, Allan Ginsberg; et al.,) these gifted young artists who call themselves 'The Offbeat... ( added 1 year 218 days ago.) |
The Mystery of Water -- What Spiritual Force Attracted Me To the Old Well? -
Marty RicKard (2,684)
Marty RicKard
No running water in our old farm home---we had walking water instead. At fourteen, I carried it from the well---150 steps east, 100 south. It was a hard trip with two sloshing buckets, five gallons, forty pounds, much harder through the drifts in a blizzard's teeth. Now, fifty years later, I had... ( added 1 year 226 days ago.) |
Homer, Western Civilizations Definition of Culture, Masculinity, and the Silence of Sappho -
- Jennifer Cuddy (985)
Jennifer Cuddy
In our now ethnically diverse culture of political correctness, can we justify the traditional canon as representative of a universal definition of culture? In times past, the study of epic Greek poems such as Homer's 'The Iliad' have resulted from hegomonic conventions, which have since then... ( added 1 year 231 days ago.) |
Mood and Action in a Tale of the Far Future - Seeds of the Dusk -
- Robert Gibson (103) 
Robert Gibson
The story "Seeds of the Dusk" by Raymond Z Gallun, published in 1938, is a gem of classic SF. Its 31 pages give us an insight into the lives and fates of three species: an alien invading plant intelligence; the descendants of crows; and the descendants of Man. Into this short tale are packed... ( added 1 year 238 days ago.) |
Politics with a Difference - Science-Fictional Constitutions -
- Robert Gibson (103)
Robert Gibson
It's fun to set the world to rights on paper, and SF authors are no slackers when it comes to inventing constitutions.
Some of them are recognizably "close to home" in that they merely tinker with what we already have. Neville Shute's In The Wet (1953) portrays an amendment to... ( added 1 year 238 days ago.) |
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Solar System Development Area - Planetary Romance -
- Robert Gibson (103)
Robert Gibson
First the rhapsody, then the grumble.
We live in a fantastic age of astronomical discovery. No one is a greater fan of space-probe epics than I. As Voyager 2 passed no less than four giant worlds and their satellite families in 1979, 1981, 1986 and 1989, I was hooked on the news as I avidly... ( added 1 year 238 days ago.) |
Reincarnation as a Theme in Science Fiction -
- Robert Gibson (103)
Robert Gibson
One might invent a science-fictional rationale for reincarnation, perhaps using the concept of a physical stream of particles such as the "mindons" of Bob Shaw's Orbitsville Departure. However, what most people mean by reincarnation - the soul, which is to say the qualitative aspect of a... ( added 1 year 238 days ago.) |
Inventors of Words - Neologisms in Science Fiction -
- Robert Gibson (103)
Robert Gibson
Surely the most famous new word coined in science fiction is "robot", in the 1920 play by the Czech writer Karel Capek': R. U. R. ("Rossum's Universal Robots"). I don't know any Czech but I dare say "robot" comes from a root similar to the Russian rabotat , to work. Here, therefore, rather than a... ( added 1 year 241 days ago.) |
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