Have you ever felt the urge to stand high up on a mountain, face a night of freezing cold, sleet and snow all the while staring heroically out into the distance? No? Well you obviously haven't read Rora then. Rora by James Byron Huggins I can remember when I first read this. The copy in… Continue reading Bookish Influences – Real-Life Tales and Conflicting Opinions
Author: nesskingsley
Confessions
I have neglected my blogging. And the reading of blogs of fellow bloggers. Picture a mole diving underground from internet interaction. Yep, that it is a little like me. A List of What I've Been Doing: - gone a week's holiday, on a boat, on the water. - avoided the midday sun on said… Continue reading Confessions
It is a good day to live – A Study of Points of View
I'm afraid I must be a rather morbid person as for the example in this little study of mine, I have a man who- well, read on and you will hear his tale told not once, not twice, but four times. Third Person, Subjective, Present tense: He sits on the bench and crosses his ankles,… Continue reading It is a good day to live – A Study of Points of View
Quotables – Write Until the Cogs Mesh
From experience, I knew what to do. Write. Write anything. Bad sentences, meaningless sentences, anything to get the mind fixed again to that sheet of paper and oblivious of the 'real' world. Write until the words begin to make sense, the cogs mesh, the wheels start to turn, the creaking movement quickens and becomes a… Continue reading Quotables – Write Until the Cogs Mesh
Really Quite Useful Things
Ever so often, I find some Really Quite Useful Things. Here are three: The Mythic Scribes Newsletter has never bombarded me with emails, but when their articles do pop up in my inbox, it is always an interesting read (have a peek at Racial Diversity in Speculative Fiction, for example). I've been subscribed to Helping… Continue reading Really Quite Useful Things
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