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"Combining the power of the verbal image with the visual can either enhance your story or overpower it. Finding that happy medium is the challenge facing every writer using images with their writ
"I think one of the problems beginning story writers have is that the story isn't in their head often enough. It's there (sort of) when they're writing, but not at other times. They haven't devel
"I think I'd like to call these 'beliefs' because they aren't necessarily what I would impose or teach. These are just honest statements about what I've learned from trying to write novel-length
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"What happens when an ideological, technologically adept, highly determined group of conspirators are American?" Free online short story from David Marusek of 'Counting Heads' fame. Via SFBC
Long rambling and interesting essay about literary criticism, 'how to read' guides and the state of the modern novel. Hard going in places, but worth it. If I read it correctly, that is.
"Scribd is most easily described as a text version of YouTube. It is a social network that lets you tag, share, and comment on uploaded documents." Interesting development. Via Jeremy Tolber