fiction
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Writers Wednesday – Chapter 1: The Women with Blue Eyes
Chapter 1: New Beginnings? Friday, December 31, 2005, 11:55p 632 N Dearborn St., Excalibur Castle Chicago Dance Club Bodies filled all five levels of the massive venue, and the music growled from the belly of the loudspeakers. Excalibur once again managed to stuff every available body into the three-level club. Blue, green, red, and yellow… Continue reading
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Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews Special Edition: Introducing William Spivey’s Strong Beginnings
Title: Strong Beginnings Author: William Spivey Publisher: TBA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrongBeginningsaNovel/ Blog: https://enigmainblack.wordpress.com/ E-mail: wspiv001@aol.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/william.spivey1 Twitter: @wspiv001 This is the last book review of the year, and what a way to go out. Today’s review is a special one. I’d like to welcome William Spivey, who frequently writes about politics and popular culture for… Continue reading
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Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews Special Edition: Introducing William Spivey’s “Strong Beginnings”
Title: Strong Beginnings Author: William Spivey Publisher: TBA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrongBeginningsaNovel/ Blog: https://enigmainblack.wordpress.com/ E-mail: wspiv001@aol.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/william.spivey1 Twitter: @wspiv001 *I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review* This is the last book review of the year and what a way to go out. Today’s review is a special one. I… Continue reading
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Beyond Imagination
We live in a world where some aspects of truth are not allowed to exist. They live instead behind the pages of books and underneath the skin of imagination. Writing fiction is fun to me because we have the opportunity to play with these elements, mixing and matching reality and daydreams until anything becomes possible… Continue reading
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Realistic Character Changes
With the exception of books I read for review, during my regular reading times I have this bad habit of reading more than one book at a time. I’ll start reading a book and then stop and mark it off so I can go think about it. My intention is to come back after thinking… Continue reading
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How Does Reading Level Matter in Fiction?
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski: How well do most published authors write? Would you be surprised to hear that Jane Austen wrote at just above a 5th grade level, Stephen King writes at about a 6th grade level, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote at slightly more than a 6th grade level, and Leo Tolstoy wrote at about… Continue reading
