26 January, 2012 (23:11) | Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting | By: Philip (Norval Joe) Carroll
Dear imaginary friends and non-existent readers. I had promised you the review of “The Game of Thrones” written by George R. R. Martin, but I have had some experiences with writing and publishing, this week, that I want to share with you instead. Not really. Laura Nicole is a fan of “The Game of Thrones”. [...]
Tags: Audible.com, audio book, book, characterization, epic, fantasy, fiction, George R. R. Martin, Philip 'Norvaljoe' Carroll, plot, podiobooks.com, sex, The Game of Thrones, The Price of Friendship, violence, writing
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20 January, 2012 (09:46) | Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting | By: Philip (Norval Joe) Carroll
Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting I was planning on writing a review of George R. R. Martin’s first book in the “Game of Thrones” series, but I’m having an internal battle. I hate to break a promise to my many imaginary readers, but since you don’t truly exist, does it really matter? As [...]
Tags: "On Writing", creative writing, edit, editing, fantasy, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, novel, novella, podiobooks.com, rough draft, science fiction, short story, Stephen King, The Price of Friendship
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17 January, 2012 (05:48) | Conversation, Courage, Essay, Notes from the Editor | By: Jeff Hite
Getting it Done By Jeff Hite As a writer there a times that I really struggle to well, um write. There are stories that need to be written for sure. There ideas and half written epics all gathering dust on the back shelves of my imagination. So it is not for a lack of things [...]
Tags: editing, fear, getting over it, grammar, having courage, publishing, sharing, spelling, trust, writing
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13 January, 2012 (18:41) | Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting | By: Philip (Norval Joe) Carroll
Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting “Declare” by Tim Powers. A book review. In defense of audio fiction. I listened to this book on audio which I purchased from Audible.com. I mention to my friends at work that I am ‘listening’ to a book and they make some condescending remark like, “books are supposed [...]
Tags: Audible.com, book review, Declare, djinn, espionage, fantasy, fiction, Genie, jinn, Mt. Ararat, novel, podiobooks.com, Review, science fiction, speculative fiction, The Price of Friendship, Tim Powers
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6 January, 2012 (09:22) | Conversation, Essay, Notes from the Editor, Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting, Writing | By: Jeff Hite
Things I learned BY Philip (Norval Joe) Carroll I read a blog post this week and I learned two things: 1) Don’t write like you talk. 2) Make and support your point early on. This is how the article taught me these things: I often write like I talk. I assumed that created a conversational [...]
Tags: blogging, clarity, concise, confusion, Declare, editing, habits, Reading, Review, slavery, talking, Tim Powers, writing
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3 January, 2012 (10:33) | -Galley Table, Conversation, Humor, Pirate take over, Podcast | By: Jeff Hite
MUTINY! Galley Table 57 Guests and Cast Val Ford Doc Coleman Scott Roche J.P. Losier Jeff Hite (host)
Tags: Anne McCaffrey, Anne McCaffrey dies, Crystal Singer, Doc Coleman, John Carter, mars, Pegasus Flight, pern, Scott Roche, Space travel, The Ship Who sang, Val Halla, vg-ford
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