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The Importance of Setting in a Story
Be A Better Writer I plan to write weekly posts about improving your writing. Using literary devices and knowing the parts of writing such as planning, organization, drafting, revising, editing and publishing are tools that you can use to create interesting and compelling stories. Today, I’m writing about Setting. But first I want to give you an overview of how Setting is important to me as a writer. Blarney Castle One of the most fascinating places I’ve ever visited is the Blarney Castle, built in 1466. Built nearly six hundred years ago by one of Ireland’s greatest chieftans, Cormac MacCarthy, Blarney Castle has been attracting attention ever since. Over the…
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Comfort Zone: A Tale of Suspense
I just finished reading Comfort Zone: A Tale of Suspense by Stephen Bentley, former undercover British detective, now crime author. The book is different than Bentley’s previous novels. Comfort Zone is a thriller and a crime story, but not as fast-paced as The Steve Regan Undercover Cop Thrillers Trilogy or Mercy: A Detective Matt Deal Thriller. Comfort Zone is more complex. Phil Mercer is one of the most intriguing characters I’ve read about in a long time. Mercer is a British veteran who returns home from the war in Afghanistan and studies law, then becomes an attorney in London. He is also a murderer who is not completely evil even…
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BEST COOK IN THE WORLD
J. C. Penney used to have a store right on the Circle in Indianapolis. The front was curved around from one corner to the next like all the buildings, a hundred windows facing the street. I counted them, but I could be wrong. Mommy wasn’t sick that day when we rode the bus downtown to the Circle. She had clothes on, clothes to go outside in, not the long gown she kept on all day. And she did not have on the old corduroy robe she wore in the kitchen. We had breakfast that day. Mommy cooked boiled eggs and made buttermilk biscuits. The table was wiped clean that morning…
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Author Quotes
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alcoholism, Books, coming of age, family, friendship, immigration, Literary Fiction, Prejudice, sisters, Young Adult
Emmie of Indianapolis, a Novel
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Daughter of the Sea My Voyage to Freedom and Womanhood
“Was all our pain and suffering worth it? Is the pain and suffering of childbirth worth a baby? You decide. Would I repeat my long voyage to America and womanhood even if success was not assured? You bet. Water leaves its source not knowing which obstacles it will encounter. All it can do is behave according to its nature: finding a path here, making a path there, pooling its strength when needed until it can break free. Ultimately, it reaches the sea, the mother of us all. That sea gave birth to the person I became in America. I am thankful to be its daughter.” Hiep Thi Le This…
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Emmie Says
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From Dark To Light
“For every item that carries the darkness of humanity there’s one that holds the light. And that light is worth believing in. Not just in others, but in yourself as well.” C. M. Rayne
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Ridiculous Requirements
Poetry Journal Editors, re: Ridiculous submission requirements Isn’t that discrimination if you only publish ‘people of color’? What color? Purple orange lilac gold silver beige ivory olive green ebony pearl copper bronze magenta turquoise emerald ruby opal yellow jade burnt sienna or sapphire, my favorite color in the box.
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Keep Reading
Yes, there is hate, disease, war, disasters and poverty. But there is something few people know about, and if they know, they may not care. CENSORSHIP. Social Media is free and fun. But what happens when ‘Someone’ or a group or organization restricts or takes away your freedom to say and write what you want? Or think what you want? What if someone decides your thinking is wrong or that you are guilty of passing along news that should be hidden? What if it’s decided by a group that you had ‘false information’? Would that bother you, or would it even make a dent in your life? Do you wonder…
