Cedar Writes

Category: writing

  • “What tradition…

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    “What traditional publishers don’t seem to realize is that their traditions are actually quite recent, historically. What we are seeing is a shift from a 20th Century technological model that requires manufactured media back to the earlier tradition of artisan media. At one time (not so long ago, no more than six generations) artist production,…

  • Adding Color to Life

    Adding Color to Life

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    Without metaphor, our language and literature would be pale shadows of themselves. Through the use of metaphor, words and phrases can expand their meanings in memorable ways that illuminate a greater meaning to the reader through a sometimes unconscious understanding of what is truly being said. To the uninitiated, a simple phrase may read like…

  • Book Cartoons

    Book Cartoons

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    I came across a site with a bunch of cartoons from a contest in Iran that illustrates not only how comics cross language barriers, but how reading is universally affective to the human condition. My favorites from the winners and finalists are below.

  • Diving off Ancient Platforms

    Diving off Ancient Platforms

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    I attended a lecture on Ancient Mayan politics for another reason, but as I was jotting notes and listening, and seeing the power plays and culture unfold in my mind’s eye, it struck me that this particular polity would be a fascinating way to create a turn-key world in a fantasy or science-fiction story. Because…

  • Books Open Doors

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    To another world.

  • Pixie Noir: Snippet 10

    Pixie Noir: Snippet 10

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    We are coming down to the finish of these snippets. There is a cover ready, we’re waiting on the printer’s approval of files for the trade paperback version of the book, and the ebook versions are all ready to go. I’m getting pretty excited about it, but I don’t know what I will do with…

  • Lexile and Reading

    Lexile and Reading

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    My post over at Mad Genius Club this morning is about reading levels, books, and how complex literature can be without using big words and lengthy sentences.

  • The Garden Of Love

    The Garden Of Love

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    Without metaphor, our language and literature would be pale shadows of themselves. For class, we had to “remediate” a metaphor, which was to manipulate an assigned text into a different media, and then present it in public. We were assigned William Blake’s poem “The Garden of Love” and chose to create an image to represent…

  • All Joking Aside

    All Joking Aside

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    A few of us were kidding around in the writing group I belong to online. It’s not your average group: we never show one another examples of work for critique, although we use one another as guinea pigs, er, beta readers, from time to time. This group is more for motivation. We post word counts,…

  • For Hoyt’s Huns

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    So, the two of us, my First Reader and I. Sitting on the steps at LibertyCon 25, in 2012

  • Pixie Noir: Snippet 9

    Pixie Noir: Snippet 9

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    I’m very excited, I have a draft of the cover for you all to look at! It’s likely going to be tweaked before final release, but do let me know what you think! (Be honest, remember, this is for posterity…) Only a couple more snippets before you can buy the whole thing and gobble it…

  • Bought and Paid For

    Bought and Paid For

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    My post is over at Mad Genius Club this morning. Click through and join the conversation about book reviews. Are they still relevant?