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How to Write a Novel

by RC_of_Doom on Sep 13, 2017
Reviews & Essays

Obviously, step one in writing a novel, get an idea. Authors get the question all the time: "How do you come up with your ideas?" Assuming you're not one, I can answer that: Formal viewpoint. Or a functional mentality. For example, Forbes Magazine had a front page cover about how al-Qaeda was losing money, and it suggested that Osama needed a new business...

Opening Lecture

by rdmaddog on Sep 1, 2017
Humor & Satire

Dear Class, Rarely does anyone achieve 100% credit for an answer to one of my questions, but I assure you it is possible. There is only one right answer to any and all of my questions and if you are diligent in your research and give me the right answer you may receive an A+ for your final grade. Take your pick of assignments. You may choose to research...

Aspiring Novelist Pt. 04

by egmontgrigor2010 on Sep 16, 2017
Novels and Novellas

As soon as the TV crew cleared up and left the real party was underway just as Patricia and Billie returned from taking Mandy to the airport. "Why was Mandy jumping and yelling after being on the phone after closing the interview," Natalie asked. Her mother said, "Mandy told us in the car that was her producer telling Mandy it was her best interview in th...

Possibly the Oldest Profession

by jon.hayworth on Sep 14, 2017
Reviews & Essays

Pornographer: a description we should use with pride At school and in encyclopaedias we learn of the animal images and hunting scenes our ancestors portrayed on their cave walls. There are other human images - the so called Venus's, females whose swollen torsos appear to suggest pregnancy, these are thought to be Fertility images. In Tannahill's "A Histor...

Dynamic Hollywood Newcomer

by Egmont Grigor on Sep 15, 2017
Romance

CHAPTER 1 A missile thudded on to the blackboard above Miss Sandra Clemow's head as she was writing on the classroom backboard and bounced to drop into her hair -- today the color was red. Sandra turned and as expected all heads were studiously down and with these kids that was as rare as snow in mid-May. "Close you books and look out the window and compo...

How to Write Historical Fiction

by jon.hayworth on Sep 15, 2017
How To

So you have this great idea to set your next erotic masterpiece in the Restoration Court of King Charles II, complete with Nell Gwyn and a bare breasted Lady Arabella Churchill. Fine I reply, "what did Nell Gwyn do for a living?" "She sold oranges outside the theatre." I am impressed that you knew the theatre part. At this point you are doing quite well....

Schemes of the Unknown Unknown Ch. 12

by bradley_stoke on Sep 14, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Twelve Earth - 3752 C.E. Whatever else Earth might be—and it was a candidate for many honours—in the thirty-eighth century what it principally happened to be was mostly just a tourist resort. It was the same wherever Paul and Beatrice travelled on the planet: everything they saw was labelled and displayed for the benefit of tourists. The visitors to...

Starting Over Ch. 03

by TheKeith on Jan 7, 2018
Loving Wives

It took about 2 months before Dani couldn't contain her curiosity any more, when she asked, "What the hell are you writing a book about? How far along are you?" I looked up from my formerly ratty couch, now replaced with a good one, but covered with a throw (so I could wash the cum stains out, as needed) and squeezed her right boob, tugging on the distended...

How to Write Period Pieces

by Colleen Thomas on Sep 15, 2017
How To

At some point in her writing career, nearly everyone tries a period piece. It can be near past or far, based on historical events or purely fictionalized, fantastic or mundane. In many cases, the only thing they have in common is being bad. This little how to, then, will give you some pointers from a history major and amateur historian on making your period...

Montana Rhapsody Pt. 01

by Egmont0409 on Sep 16, 2017
Novels and Novellas

CHAPTER 1 Hard-faced commissioning editor Ruby Street looked at one of the publishing company's premier writers of soft romances that were laced with mild naughtiness. She smiled bleakly, thinking the success of this attempt to wrench Paris McCoy out of her comfortable rut to hit the bookshelves with a sexy sizzler were about as good as finding a hundred bu...