Historical Fiction Blog (Page 1)
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What is the difference between the fiction writing class and?
September 6, 2010, 3:59 amthe advanced fiction writing class, in college? I always wanted to write a book and so I am thinking of getting a creative writing minor. But I have to take a creative writing class in either fiction, non fiction or poetry and an advanced creative class in 2 of the following: fiction, non fiction or poetry. I want to take the fiction writing classes, and what would the difference be between the first one and the advanced one? Is it just more reading, more writing, do they expect better writing? How does one get graded? By effort or talent? -
Fiction review: 'Freedom' by Jonathan Franzen
September 5, 2010, 3:48 amFranzen can't be accused of lack of ambition. He likes big novels, set against the backdrop of public events, and in this book the event that hangs over everything is 9/11. -
What do you think could be the biggest threats to an advanced, high-tech civilization?
September 4, 2010, 2:56 amSuppose that Human civilization reaches an advanced, high-tech phase kind of like in science fiction. How would the threats to civilization and Humanity change at that time? Would a lot of the same modern threats like nuclear weapons, overpopulation, and environmental disaster be at least as much of a problem then as they are now? Which threats might be handled better? What would be the biggest new threats? What factor is the most likely one to cause the collapse of an advanced, high-tech civilization? I think this is one of the more appropriate categories that there are to ask this in. -
The Main Features Of Biography Books And Romance Books.
September 4, 2010, 12:53 amA biography books contains description of someone's life. It can be published in the form of a book or essay. By reading that readers can easily apprehend about that guy who is being described. The reader will know what kind of man he is or what type of life he is passing. It depends on the writer how he described in that book. There may much kind of forms of these books. Among them early form, classical form, modern form are very important. In these form biography books are...(read more) -
I have finished writing chapter one of my fiction novel?
September 3, 2010, 12:06 amCan I start sending out query letters with a manuscript of chapter one. Or do I need to include more chapters, or possibly the entire manuscript, before sending out a query letter? -
' Red Riding,' now on DVD, offers three killer takes
September 1, 2010, 9:58 pmRed Riding,” a trilogy of films originally shown on British TV, may be the best cinematic crime epic since the “Godfather” series. But Francis Ford Coppola ’s mafia saga seems warm and snuggly compared with this violent, grim exercise. -
Boyd Tonkin: The man who starved literature?
August 30, 2010, 1:12 amCross-subsidy from other jobs, other writing and family support has traditionally sustained serious literature, both fiction and non-fiction. ... -
Author Christopher Mark Kudela Talks Drugs, God, And "They Call Me Krud"
August 27, 2010, 12:54 amTold in the first person and recounting past experiences in near-explicit detail, Kudela writes an offbeat memoir-as-fiction novel that's near-impossible to ... -
Books - Noble effort
August 27, 2010, 12:17 amIf you're a mystery reader, a sailor, a lover of the British Columbia coast or any combination of the three, you'll want to discover Clyde Ford. The Bellingham, Wash., writer has published three nautical thrillers set partly on B.C. waters.
