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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Tweets of the Week

Designer Mark Fast Continues His Tradition Of Sending Plus-Size Models Down The Runway [Fashion Show] Virginia lawmaker: Children with disabilities are God’s punishment to women who previously had abortions Werewolves: Apparently, they’re Stephanie Meyer’s Utah Has Now Made Miscarriage A Criminal Offense Obama Asks Barrasso If He Would Feel the Same Way About Catastrophic Care [...]

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Operation Emu

Some of the best things come by way of serendipity, and in the case of books, it’s often the one you never looked for but that came to you that makes for an interesting read. That’s how I’m looking at “Operation Emu”, by B. Brandon Barker , a book that came to me through email. [...]

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Jack [2]

Chapter 2 The glider’s wings snapped in the breeze that had kicked up. The horsemen dismounted and held onto the reins of their mounts, pulling the beasts back slightly across the grass towards one of their number that stood away from the strange circle and held the reins of the gathered horses, murmuring quiet words [...]

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Werewolves: Apparently, they’re Stephanie Meyer’s

It’s no big secret that all things “Twilight” make me sick to my stomach, what, with the sparkling and the Volvos and creepy stalker boyfriend from hell bit, but this really takes the cake. Werewolves have been a part of popular culture for a LONG time now and have existed in lore for thousands of [...]

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McG: a fanfiction fan

It always makes me glad to hear that people involves with popular TV shows (or books, movies, etc) appreciate fan fiction. McG, or Joseph McGinty Nichol, the producer for “Supernatural”, has this to say about fanfiction: He says, “I’m a huge fan of the fan fiction. I think it’s a wonderful art form.” and goes [...]

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The Best Writing Advice. Ever.

Seconded by me. This IS the Best. Writing. Advice. Ever. So read. Soak it up: ProBlogger Blog Tips/Darren Rowse A guest post by Larry Brooks of Storyfix.com. We are all storytellers. Whether we’re writing a blog, an ebook, a cheesy novel or a killer screenplay, even an essay, article or report.

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How Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes You A Better Author

io9 If you spent hundreds of hours playing Dungeons & Dragons in your youth, it turns out that time wasn’t wasted. Three successful authors tell Suvudu that D&D gave them the experience points to write decent novels and stories.

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Away

Hello, readers, Due to a surgical procedure I’m having tomorrow morning, I won’t be able to update the blog for a few days. While I’m recuperating, the writing will continue on though, so have no fear! The second chapter of Jack is almost complete and I should hopefully have it ready to go next week [...]

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Riddick 3 Will Be A Return To Pitch Black’s Creature Feature

io9 Now that Riddick 3 is being made at Universal, there’s one important question to ask. Will the third film be a continuation of the Necromonger-focused Chronicles story line, or a return to the Pitch Black-style action? Rumors say the latter. Hollywood Reporter has the inside scoop on the new Riddick plot line: Though billed [...]

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Chronicles of Riddick 3 Plot Details

Rob Keyes/Screen Rant To no surprise, Chronicles of Riddick 3 was just confirmed a few days ago with its star Vin Diesel set to return in one of his career-defining franchises. At this point, the film’s tentative title is simply Riddick and it’s set to be distributed domestically by Universal and internationally by Lionsgate if [...]

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