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Aloha Mari,
If this book is a supernatural, suspense, thriller, your first line doesn't show it. The old rule: "Show, don't tell."
You need to show ACTION in a big way. Example:
In the dark for the forest, the eyes shown like flashlights from b...
Beaufort Falls was not exactly what you would call a "happening" town.
:-p It's always been hard to place this book in a genre.
Supernatural, fiction, suspense, thriller (of sorts) ... It doesn't even take place entirely in Beaufort Falls.
Does your first line sing?
Okay, Markus, here is the scenario. You have a friend who stole your horse. You got the horse back and you love the friend, so you agreed not to kill him or have him strung up for horse thieving, but do you really love him enough to GIVE him the h...
I don't seem to get ignored. I'm kinda hard to ignore.
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Rianna}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} We named you kids poetically and then left you like flowers in the field. I'm glad that you are here this Thanksgiving, and that you have family of your own to love and treasure.
Sanity i...
These are turbulent times, and I'm happy to see each of us surviving and growing in spite of the uncertainty. I remind myself that each generation has its own challenges, and that we all grow old. In fact, growing old is the best scene scenario, b...
Right on, Weirdo! Christmas cheer IS "swimming underwater" and it's hardly worth the January and February blues. Not to mention the number of people who realize around Christmas that it's actually true that no one loves them, not just another figm...
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Progress Report on "Road Trip"
okay...
Chinese Elder father is trying to get rid of the Chicken house to square his gambling debt.
Harry is cycling toward LA getting ready for his confrontation with Elder Father, hoping to find Tu.
Molly has been taken captive by horny Ray, who has been possessed by the EVIL Black Hole Cat (Maura).
AL is out on the desert looking for Molly.
Steve is out on the desert preparing himself spiritually to save the world.
Tu is asleep in the Medicine Lodge.
Joe and the Snowflake police are looking f… Continue
Chinese Elder father is trying to get rid of the Chicken house to square his gambling debt.
Harry is cycling toward LA getting ready for his confrontation with Elder Father, hoping to find Tu.
Molly has been taken captive by horny Ray, who has been possessed by the EVIL Black Hole Cat (Maura).
AL is out on the desert looking for Molly.
Steve is out on the desert preparing himself spiritually to save the world.
Tu is asleep in the Medicine Lodge.
Joe and the Snowflake police are looking f… Continue
Posted on October 18, 2009 at 8:30pm — 4 Comments
Review of "Perilaus," a novel by Mark P. Henderson
What is worse than spending your life in prison atoning for your crime of passion? Living with it. Facing it every day. Drinking to obscure the memory and banish the ghosts. If you are a writer there is an alternative, but it means losing your mind in the process.
“Perilaus” by Mark P. Henderson, is a story of transference on a level previously found only in a psychiatrist’s nightmare, an intricate and beautifully woven tapestry of rationalization and longing gone mad as the writer becomes trap… Continue
“Perilaus” by Mark P. Henderson, is a story of transference on a level previously found only in a psychiatrist’s nightmare, an intricate and beautifully woven tapestry of rationalization and longing gone mad as the writer becomes trap… Continue
Posted on July 27, 2009 at 9:21pm —
From A BAKER'S DOZEN by Mari Sloan
A BAKER’S DOZEN
by
MARI SLOAN
Introduction
My heart is racing, adrenalin is surging through my body. Time is getting away from me. Every possible avenue of escape has been examined. I look to the right; look to the left, the crisis point is now. Time to start typing.
The topic is a mind-buster. One hour to write a story from start to finish and send it out. Will the words come this time? Is my idea original? Has this been done before? It’s fifteen minutes and counting. Muse don’t fail me now.… Continue
by
MARI SLOAN
Introduction
My heart is racing, adrenalin is surging through my body. Time is getting away from me. Every possible avenue of escape has been examined. I look to the right; look to the left, the crisis point is now. Time to start typing.
The topic is a mind-buster. One hour to write a story from start to finish and send it out. Will the words come this time? Is my idea original? Has this been done before? It’s fifteen minutes and counting. Muse don’t fail me now.… Continue
Posted on July 9, 2009 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (12 comments)
- At 11:56am on November 26, 2009,
Sir Markus Cross said… - Personally, I find you very unignorable. (Hopefully, that's the right use for the word I just invented.)
- At 3:35pm on September 2, 2009,
Mark P. Henderson said… - Hi Mari - thanks for the comments on The Fur Coat... actually one of the first short stories I wrote, five or six years ago!
:-)
- At 10:22am on August 15, 2009,
Sydney Greene said… - Thanks for taking the time to read my work, Mari
Love is a tricky thing...
- At 4:41pm on August 7, 2009,
Mark P. Henderson said…
- I shall try, but without much hope. Too much time has passed since I last set eyes on it!
:-)
- At 1:00pm on August 7, 2009,
Mark P. Henderson said…
- Hi Mari - Glad you enjoyed Fenella! I did write a few others for my daughters when they were young, but I don't know whether they're still extant. Both the girls liked Fenella... most disappointing - one would expect one's daughters to empathize with Felicity, wouldn't one? (!) I have a vague recollection of one tale in which Fenella went to fight a troll, but the troll turned out to be a vegetarian with a strong social and environmental conscience...
:-)
- At 3:37pm on August 1, 2009,
John Haines said…
- Likewise Mari. It is my pleasure to meet you. Looking forward to connecting more here. John
- At 4:50pm on July 12, 2009,
Johnell McLean said… - Hello. I am part of the Learn/Teach group but missed the discussions due to private obligations. I was wondering if you would mind answering a couple of questions I have regarding POV and Active listening. Please message me and I will ask if you don't mind. Thank You.
- At 3:53am on June 29, 2009,
Mark P. Henderson said…
- Hi Mari - As you've observed, I managed to register here... Maybe I'm improving, though my daughters would no doubt offer an alternative opinion. Thanks for the welcome message!
Mark.
- At 12:06pm on February 10, 2009,
Jennifer Helen said…
- I just came across your profile in this network. I would like to extend an invitation to join Allvoices.com. It’s a citizen journalist site. We discuss, debate and write about everything under the sun here. Allvoices also has an incentive program for writers and they can earn up to $10,000 cash. Register at http://www.allvoices.com/journalism and start contributing
- At 11:17am on February 8, 2009,
Gary W. Goldstein said…
- Thank you for the friend request. More success to you!
- Gary W. Goldstein
www.garywgoldstein.com
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