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What I Learned About Writing This Week…from King and Straub

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Tweet Mr. Stephen King and Mr. Peter Straub, that is. These two gentlemen co-wrote a couple books, if you didn’t know. And I’m currently enjoying the second of that couple most muchly, yup. The first, The Talisman, I read years and years ago. So, before I started this new read, I hied myself to my […]

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What I Learned About Writing This Week…from Jack L. Chalker

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Tweet Greetings, my dear inklings! I come to you today bearing tidings of the sci-fi nature. “Sci-fi nature” — is that an oxymoron? No matter! (Anti, dark, or otherwise.) What’s on my mind today is that I’m reading a terrific book right now, and I’m going to attempt to tell you about it without giving […]

Filed in For Fun | Also tagged Cerberus: A Wolf in the Fold, Charon: A Dragon at the Gate, Jack L. Chalker, Lilith: A Snake in the Grass, Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail, Paranormal, Point of View, The Four Lords of the Diamond, WILAWriTWe, Work-in-progress, Young Adult | Comments (1)