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Chapter Titles
I really like how Abercrombie titles his chapters. I have to admit, when I first saw that he employed chapter titles, it felt a bit juvenile, but when I read how he used them, I loved it. Each chapt… more →
Epilogue to Prologue
Chapter Titles
whitleyrr wrote 6 hours ago: I really like how Abercrombie titles his chapters. I have to admit, when I first saw that he employ … more →
The First Law: The Strong Will Take from the Weak
whitleyrr wrote 3 days ago: I raced to the finish of Duma Key at the end of last week and I have to say that while I loved the b … more →
Harlen Coben to Write for Television Drama
adamtree wrote 1 week ago: Best-selling author Harlen Coben is teaming with Greg Malins, executive producer on How I Met Your M … more →
Duma Key Keeps on Rolling
whitleyrr wrote 1 week ago: Duma Key is quickly becoming my favorite King book. Maybe it’s the fact that it takes place n … more →
This is a rant...
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romdjoll wrote 2 weeks ago: Consider yourselves warned. There has been much wittering of late on the interwebs about how “ … more →
Why Do I Like Horror Stories?
whitleyrr wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s been easy to see the trends in my own reading of late. I finished The Terror and moved r … more →
Passion for genre fiction writing?
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marktodd04 wrote 3 weeks ago: Here’s a forum designed to “talk shop” or ask questions about genre fiction writin … more →
Interview: Sam Kelly and David Bishop on Napier University's New Creative Writing MA
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rosyb wrote 4 weeks ago: Napier Universityin Edinburgh is launching a new Creative Writing MA with a difference. Not only is … more →
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell = Long
Tee Jay wrote 1 month ago: This book is so fucking long! It’s not that I didn’t like it, or at least that I didn … more →
Genre Fiction as Literature
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Nathanael Green wrote 1 month ago: What is literature? Yes, the dentists’ brochures on flossing, the neon green flyer tucked under your … more →
Two-page story: The Exodus
kristinmh wrote 1 month ago: This is an idea for a short story that I had a while ago, but never actually wrote. Somewhat NSFW f … more →
We have an accord
whitleyrr wrote 1 month ago: Which is another way of saying, “I agree.” I agree, after some reflection, with a Goodre … more →
Calamity of an Ending
whitleyrr wrote 1 month ago: Well, Pessl’s first novel didn’t quite end the way I anticipated, and I don’t know … more →
Review of Michael Chabon's "Maps and Legends"
Kevin wrote 2 months ago: My review of Michael Chabon’s Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands has … more →
Speaking of Edgar Allan Poe ...
editorialconsultant wrote 2 months ago: The New Yorker has a fascinating piece about the man who is said to have invented the mystery novel … more →
Story takes over: new path or blind alley?
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Wendy wrote 2 months ago: In my post on honesty in storytelling, a reader commented on the feeling of the story taking over th … more →
Oat Bran, Pixie Sticks & the James Tiptree Jr. Awards
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Alisa wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been sour on YA & Fantasy (and especially YA Fantasy!) books for a while now. They al … more →
Edinburgh Napier University launches UK’s first genre-based Creative Writing MA
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zettabrown wrote 2 months ago: Edinburgh, Scotland An innovative masters degree programme, aimed at developing the next generation … more →
The Prefects Steal the Show
whitleyrr wrote 3 months ago: I eschewed walking the dog this morning, much to his chagrin, so I could finish The Somnambulist. S … more →
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