The Game of Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games, the worldly phenomenon. HG and its two sequels are in battle against the hundreds of fantasy/young adult novels available in the market, yet it always comes out victor. Why? Well, unlike...
Monthly Archive: April 2013
Featured Poem 4/22 – from Six Czech Poets
by Pavel Kolmacka translated by Alexandra Büchler from Six Czech Poets Still midday air, the breeze asleep in the nest of a tree. Before long God will give us a...
Have You Thought About This? Relatable Characters
(A quick author’s note- I’m sure you were all expecting the wise and lyrical Hannah to be writing this post but due to unforeseen circumstances, you get me instead. I will try and be...
Publishing Strategies: Vanity Publishing
This week’s post is a little bit different from the past few in that I don’t particularly recommend this strategy to anyone. Yet it’s still in existence because people use this method of publishing,...
Bad Cover Art…Redesigned: There Will Be Dragons
Welcome to Bad Cover Art…Redesigned! Where I bring you the most horrible of all cover art I can find on the world wide web and try to come up with an alternative (that I...
Featured Club: Dead People
[url=http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/clubs/1616]Dead People[/url] is a club devoted to talking about dead people, more particularly famous and accomplished dead people.
The Editing Cycle #8 – Objects of Power and the Power of Objects
“It’s not the size of the gun that counts, it’s the amount of ammo.” What are Objects of Power? Objects of power can be anything from a magic sword to a household cup. It...
Word of the Week #9
Can you hear the brontide from the barricades? brontide (n) [bron’tīd] 1. A rumbling noise resembling thunder.
