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Communication had always been the priority of all living beings. As for humans, the first communicative process was the scriptures in caves. This gradually resulted in writings on leafs and then on papers. Today other than advance audio visual communications, books are also a good source of information. In fact, till date, it is still considered to be an idealistically superior mode of communication.
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Before you even begin writing your novel, you need to know who your characters will be. Minimally, you would want two major characters, the hero and the heroine. They will interact mostly with each o…
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Too many novelists miss the chance to write powerfully, because they constantly stop to edit as they write. Learn to write without editing. Go back and edit later. Your work will be so much more vibrant and you will draw your reader right into the story.
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Novel writing is a sober and hard-working business. Many people call themselves writers when in reality they don’t want to write, they want to have written.
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Mirrorscape by Milk Wilks Mirrorscape is probably one of the most creative, imaginative YA fantasy books that I have read in a while, but that’s not to say it’s without it’s problems. The biggest draw of Mirrorscape is the imagination and creative environment that has been developed. There was so much imagination involved in developing
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Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett Mr. Shivers is a bit of an odd ball book. It beings as a simple quest and murder story set in the depression era of America (readers will be reminded of the HBO TV series Carnivale as it’s set in the same era but Mr. Shivers is a bit
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne The book is based around a series of lies. A nine-year-old boy growing up in Berlin in 1943 would be close to the age for entering the Hitler Youth (by this stage compulsory) and would have been educated at school about the ‘evils’ of Judaism. The
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Write your novel to sell. Writing a novel that sells means developing your idea into one that excites an editor or agent to read the story. Our “great ideas” inspire us but rarely are strong enough to do that. Don’t leave this important step to chance. Learn how to build your inspiration into a solid, salable storyline before you start writing.
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Warriors edited by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois In his Introduction, George R. R. Martin describes “Warriors” as a ‘spinner rack’, which is an apt description for an anthology that includes stories of every ilk from historical fiction, fantasy and sci-fi to a Western, mysteries, “some mainstream”, and “a couple of pieces that
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The Shadowmask: Stone of Tymora, Book II by Geno and R.A. Salvatore I have been a long time fan of Drizzt and the Forgotten Realms series. It’s one of the first fantasy series that I got into when I was in high school and really sparked my love for reading fantasy. So when I heard
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This sounds great, big fan of Huston’s work.