C.B. Lee's Blog, page 101
December 15, 2015
Easy Ways to Pick up the Sagging Middle of Your Novel
A lot of writers have trouble writing the middle of the novel. Either they don’t know how to structure it properly or they’ve just lost motivation (I’ve written endless posts on motivation, so try searching for them). I think we’ve all read books that have just lost all momentum in the middle, so here are a few ways to stop that from happening to your novel:
Try to lead to something important – The middle is a great time for a really exciting moment or the climax. There can...
December 14, 2015
mirko-zeidler:
Week 24/52: Big sur /-/
Pictures 1-2: Elephant...
Week 24/52: Big sur /-/
Pictures 1-2: Elephant seals spend most of their lives at sea but come ashore at different times of the year to give birth, mate or just relax. They can weigh up to two tons, eat a lot on the open sea but while on the beach they are fasting.
Picture 3: Sea otter feasting on his belly
Pictures 4-10: Coastal impressions of big sur
elizabethkennenartwork:
“Big Sur Coastline” ~ watercolor, 16x12...
“Big Sur Coastline” ~ watercolor, 16x12
One of my See America designs for creativeaction.network
These fine art prints make great gifts!
Soundtrack: Broken Records
Music is like a heartbeat…It’s always there, you just have to stop and listen for it.
Born Under a Bad Moon, Thieving Birds // Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash // I Wanna Fall In Love, Dolly Parton // Billy 1, Los Lobos // Dead, Drunk, and Naked, Drive By Truckers // Before The Devil Knows We’re Dead, Turnpike Troubadours // Sit & Listen To the Rain, Whiskeytown // Wolves, American Aquarium // Then Came the Morning, The Lone Bellow // This Torn...
December 13, 2015
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December 8, 2015
itslaurastone:sofsocialgood:93-year-old Betty Reid Soskin is the...
93-year-old Betty Reid Soskin is the oldest ranger on active duty in the U.S. National Park Service, and she has no plans to retire anytime soon. Reid Soskin is rarely seen in public without her ranger uniform. “Because when I’m on the streets or on an escalator or elevator, I am making every little girl of color aware of a career choice she may not have known she had,” she said. “That’s important.”
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jedavu:
Portable Book-Shaped Lamp
Designer Max Gunawan, based...
Portable Book-Shaped Lamp
Designer Max Gunawan, based in San Franciso, created a portable version of his famous lamp calledLumio. This new creation Mini Lumio+, was shown in France on December 3rd during dedicated night and exhibition at the Parisian shop Merci.
It takes the shape of a little book, that when opened, unveils a luminous fan of pages. The first and the back covers are magnetic to enable the lamp to be opened in 360. This subtil object also can be an emergency ba...
