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Month: February, 2012

Put it where the sun don’t shine

23 February, 2012 (23:24) | Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting | By: Philip (Norval Joe) Carroll

I was listening to a podcast, I think it was Mur Lafferty’s “I should be Writing”, and she was interviewing Scott Sigler. He recommended that any new author should write his or her first novel, edit it, and then put it somewhere dark and lonely away from the world and potential view. I can see [...]

Countless Babies Cry

17 February, 2012 (00:13) | Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting | By: Philip (Norval Joe) Carroll

Well. You can imagine the uproar I created when, last week, when I completely forgot to post my Friday blog. The phone lines haven’t stopped ringing, the emails boopittybooping, the teletypes ticking, and the carrier pigeons cooing and crapping in my pool. Throughout the world, countless babies cry, radium decays, the polar ice caps recede, [...]

Galley Table 58 – Voice Acting

15 February, 2012 (11:20) | -Galley Table, Conversation, Humor, interview, Podcast | By: Jeff Hite

Galley table 58 Voice Acting Download This week’s cast and Crew Veronica Giguere Michell Plested Doc Coleman J.P. Losier Scott Roche Zack Ricks Jeff Hite Mentioned in this podcast The Action Pack The Secret World Chronicles – Book 5 – Waiting On Mad Scientist Anthology Be sure to Play along with the The Random Question [...]

How to Write a Sentence – On Elephants

9 February, 2012 (11:00) | Essay, Humor, Uncategorized, Writing | By: J-P Losier

In which we learn two old yarns about elephants. Eating an Elephant There’s an old adage that the way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time. It’s a somewhat gory reminder that large and daunting tasks can be handled in smaller chunks. Be it cleaning out your garage or writing that next [...]

Young Adult Urban Fantasy

2 February, 2012 (23:39) | Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting | By: Philip (Norval Joe) Carroll

Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting. Did I mention I’m listening to Tim Power’s book, “On Stranger Tides”? As I mentioned in my review of “Declare” there was historical basis for many of the events surrounding Kim Filby. I think this book will be similar in that there is a lot about pirates. Specifically Black [...]

Flagship Volume 2 Issue 2

2 February, 2012 (10:14) | flagship issue | By: Jeff Hite

Flagship Volume 2 Issue 2 January 2012 Three great stories. Two great articles. One great price $1.99 Buy it now