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Category: fiction
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Jade Star: Snippet 3
I will snippet for another couple of weeks and then release the collection. I’m not done writing this story, but I do know what the plot arc is, and all I have to do is follow my character through her journey to the end-point, scribbling hasty notes… As always, a snippet is a rough draft,…
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Fiction vs Nonfiction
Written by Sanford Begley I usually write non fiction. Essays, blog posts, reports and the like. I’ve been doing it to some small extent since school. I do reasonably well, though I usually run it by a friend or two to check it before releasing it into the world. There are usually spelling and punctuation…
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Review: Here Be Dragons
This isn’t entirely a review. Sarah asked me to write the introduction for this collection of her short stories, and I greedily agreed, knowing it meant I would get to read them all as part of creating a good introduction. Since she has priced it very, very reasonably, I do hope you pick a copy…
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Reading Material
#freefiction #scifi #fantasy Since I’m not yet working on a new project, there will be no snippeting for a while. Likely through the end of May, as school is taking all my brain right now. I’ll let you know when it gives that organ back… and in the meantime, I will try to find and…
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Dragon Noir: Snippet 10
You will find the previous snippets here… Great White Hunter I wheezed for air, and managed to hold up my hands so he could see them empty. “Conrad, dammit…” I had to stop and suck wind. “Hellifino who you are.” He boomed, from close range. I was bent over trying not to throw up, and…
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Curmudgeon Review: Camelot in Space
I was reminded of this book recently. I first read it three or four decades ago. So I looked on Amazon and it, with the sequels, were a penny each. This book was first published in 1965. If you have read Christopher Stasheff’s 1979 work The Warlock In Spite Of Himself you have read something…
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The Field Guide to North American Writers
Byline: Sanford Begley So you want to join the ranks of Writer watchers, do you? You have your Binocs, jungly style outfit with shorts and a pith helmet? Ahh… you are missing the field guide. Well, I am here to rectify that problem. The first thing you need to do is discover how to differentiate…
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Dragon Noir: snippet 9
You can find the earlier snippets at the Snippet Herding page (in the main menu. I will repair the link as soon as I can). Morning came far too early, after that late of a night. Ellie didn’t come in with the coffeepot as she often did, and not for the first time I wondered…
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Kids Review: Fever and Gilly Hopkins
So today my kids gave me some super short and fun book reviews. I’ve written them down almost verbatim for your enjoyment. We often talk about what they are reading, and why they enjoy it, or what they learned. I reminded the Jr. Mad Scientist that she has seen the graves of Yellow Fever victims…
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Dragon Noir: Snippet 8
You can find the other snippets here… First Marriage “I’d been told I’d die, after the elfshot. But hours turned into days turned into months… Mother was concerned about me, I’m sure. But she seemed more concerned that I would die and there would be no one left to carry on the Mulvaney line. Our…
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Curmudgeon Reviews: Big Red
Big Red Big Red By Jim Kjelgaard was published in 1945 the third of a string of books about boys in the wilderness that would continue until ten years after his death in 1959. I must assume unsold manuscripts turned up. The basic story line is simple and enjoyable for those with some experience…
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Dragon Noir: Snippet 7
And I have a cover! Let me know what you think in the comments, there is still a little time for changes. Continuing the War council meeting in the kitchen… You will find the other snippets here. And for the second time that night, jaws dropped around the table. He smirked, almost hidden under the…