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Literary Awards May Be Ruining Fiction, Looking Back at 2016…
We Love It When Presidents Enjoy Science Fiction (Wired) It says a lot about the growing respectability of science fiction that a sitting president would proudly trumpet his love of the genre. WIRED recently decided to celebrate that cultural shift by publishing the magazine’s first science fiction issue. The stories were contributed by authors such…
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The Job of Good Fiction…
Good fiction’s job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. David Foster Wallace
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Itzcuintli, Author of Running With Hummingbirds
When and why did you begin writing? I began writing for publication earlier this year (2016) after being laid off from my boring desk job and finding it extremely difficult to continue in my first career. In my personal life, I’d written short stories or poems that I shared with family or friends, but it’s…
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Running With Hummingbirds by Itzuintli
Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Triple Alliance, still stands in 1810. For three-hundred years, their empire has survived conquistadors creeping through their jungles, plagues wasting through their streets, and black-robed missionaries denigrating every aspect of their society, their dreams, and their way-of-life, all for the sake of selling bibles. Thanks to Eagle-Warriors and Ocelot-Kin slipping…
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Justice for the Black Knight by Jerri Blair
Justice for the Black Knight, an explosive legal thriller, is a story of relationships wrapped in a dark mystery from the distant past that holds the key to the salvation of an African American man on trial for his life. As a child, Freddie Edwards created an alter-ego, the Black Knight, who vowed to fight…
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Happiness and Story…
It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story. Haruki Murakami
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Angela Auten, Author of Aidan
When and why did you begin writing? I started writing when I was 12 years old. I just had an idea and I needed to write it out. I was really into reading when I was younger also. I thought writing would be fun. I found it as a way to express myself. I had…
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The Charming Swindler by Jeff Musillo
Sit down and have a drink with Eddie Crisp as he waits for his love to finish getting ready for their Las Vegas wedding. The Charming Swindler is the story of a young, smart, and charismatic television producer. Follow along as he tells you a tale of balancing a job and a love life while…
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My Lyrical Tongue by Anahit Arustamyan
Poetry in prose.The collection of my new poems.Lyrical poetry based on metaphoric and allegoric expressions.That’s why I entitled my ebook “My Lyrical Tongue”. This is my brilliant poetry book which has over 5000 words. Buy your copy and follow the author, Anahit Arustamyan, on Twitter and Facebook! Lulu Book Link | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Other…
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Finishing Your Writing…
I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged. Erica Jong
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