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Deep In The Forest A Call Was Sounding | Blinking Cursor
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Ruminations from a small time writer with big dreams. Deep In The Forest A Call Was Sounding. What’s the first thing you think about when you hear the word, “Alaska”? Do you think of frigid winters, igloos, and polar bears? Do you think about a wonderful, frozen pie-like dessert? Or, Athena forbid, do you think about Sarah Palin and how she effectively painted her home state as one full of “crazies”? September 28, 2016. Fantasy Is A Tool Of The Storyteller. Blood And Typewriters →. Enter your comment here.
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Ruminations from a small time writer with big dreams. Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it’s always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.” – Neil Gaiman. Victories Over the Blank Screen:. 8220; The Passenger. July 20, 2010. Online. 8221; The UCLA Beat. Volume 15, pp. 9-10. April 12, 2013. Online and Print. 8220; The Resurrectionists. 8221; The Literary Hatchet. Issue 6, pp. 94-95. May 20, 2013. Online and Print. 8220; Old Friend.
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Last Year’s Words | Blinking Cursor
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Ruminations from a small time writer with big dreams. Last Year’s Words. I usually enjoy writing up an end-of-the-year review about the books I’ve read or the goals I’ve accomplished (or failed to reach). This time around, I want to shine the light on some of the happenings that might have been overlooked in the midst of all the craziness. Consider this a reminder that good things are still happening on this space rock we call home. Here are a few of my favorites:. 3 India destroys a Guinness World Recor...
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Blood And Typewriters | Blinking Cursor
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Ruminations from a small time writer with big dreams. I’m a writer. I’ve been writing stories since I was around seven or eight years old. And yet, it took me almost 20 years to truly embrace that part of my life. I used to be ashamed to say that I’m a writer because of the inevitable follow-up questions like, “What have you written? 8221; and “Where can I buy your books? During this “conversation” (is it a conversation if only one person does the talking? To be used in the fight against self-doubt.
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Fantasy Is A Tool Of The Storyteller | Blinking Cursor
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Ruminations from a small time writer with big dreams. Fantasy Is A Tool Of The Storyteller. So what’s up with that? Why are writers of genre/popular fiction still given bad reps? It wasn’t too long ago that acclaimed literary writer, Kazuo Ishiguro, drew the ire of speculative writers like Ursula K. Le Guin when he expressed his concerns that readers would interpret his newest novel, “The Buried Giant,” as fantasy. Needless to say, Le Guin took him to task, and Ishiguro responded. August 19, 2016. You ar...
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Ruminations from a small time writer with big dreams. So Long And Thanks For All The Fish. 8220;I graduated.” This two-word statement carries the weight of two years’ worth of sleepless nights, deadlines, and enough frustration to fill the Mariana Trench (see what I did there). And yet, I have no regrets. My time at Stonecoast. Posted in creative writing. February 24, 2017. February 17, 2017. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or ...
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Ruminations from a small time writer with big dreams. Peter V. Brett. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. Stonecoast MFA Program at University of Southern Maine. The Original) Blinking Cursor. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out.
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But That All Changed When The Fire Nation Attacked | Blinking Cursor
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Ruminations from a small time writer with big dreams. But That All Changed When The Fire Nation Attacked. We’re afraid and with good reason: incidents of racially motivated harassment spiked after the election. And hate crimes in general are on the rise. Trump hasn’t even taken office yet. What will an administration that has emboldened white supremacists do when it comes to governing? I have everything to fear. 8220;See, I told you so! 8221; rhetoric. We’re fighting for the same thing. November 16, 2016.
