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Month: January, 2012

“The Game of Thrones” by George R. R. Martin. A review.

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”. [...]

Ok. So I lied.

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 [...]

The Courage to Do What’s Write – Getting it Done

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 [...]

Declare by Tim Powers

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 [...]

Two things I learned

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 [...]

Galley Table 57 – Pirate Take Over – MUTINY!

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)