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November 7, 2022
What Donald Duck Taught Me About Fiction
I might have mentioned it before: I owe a lot of whatever I know about writing fiction to… Donald Duck. Reading Donald Duck taught me a lot about reading, writing, and writing fiction. Indeed, I learned to read and write before I went to school, thanks to Donald Duck. My folks got bored of reading […]
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October 31, 2022
Authors Talk: Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt
Another “Authors Talk” post. You can think of it as an author interview and, indeed, that is the name of the blog category. However, I prefer to see it as a friendly chat between fellow authors. Today I’m having this virtual discussion with Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt, author of the Pride’s Children Series. A list of […]
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October 24, 2022
Review of Boredom by Alberto Moravia
The original title of Alberto Moravia’s novel is La Noia, which means “Boredom”. For some unfathomable reason, there are many English translations referring to the book as The Empty Canvas. In this review of Boredom, self-evidently, I stick to the more direct translation of the title. Alberto Moravia was an Italian author who produced plenty […]
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October 17, 2022
Living with Typos and Errors in Writing
As it’s often said, if you want to discover a typo in your text, simply publish it; it will make itself visible immediately. The truth is, typos and other errors in writing are inevitable. They are a necessary evil. Should we fix them? Yes. Should we worry? No. I see this with many processes. In […]
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October 9, 2022
Fantasy Language Generator: Create a Language in Seconds
Yboa Haeinaeiki Igiovalu. This means Fantasy Language Generator in… Sicrespind – a fantasy language I created with the help of my academic background, my creativity, and some JavaScript. If you’re a fantasy fiction author – or simply someone interested in a program that creates an entire language in a matter of seconds – this post […]
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October 3, 2022
Japanese Poetry and what It Taught Me
Today’s post – “Japanese Poetry and what It Taught Me” – is authored by Igor da Silva Livramento. He’s a fellow academic from UFSC, fellow author, fellow creative-writing advisor, and overall a great fellow. He’s also a composer, music theorist, and producer. Check out his papers on Academia.edu, his music on Bandcamp, and his personal musings on his […]
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September 26, 2022
How to Write Sex Scenes: Why It’s Hard and How to Do It
Yes, there are many puns to be made about sex, so I couldn’t resist one with the title – a low-hanging fruit, really. However, the truth is that sex scenes in fiction are a very serious thing. For reasons we’ll speculate about in this post, even experienced writers can make a total cock-up of sex […]
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September 18, 2022
Fiction Sentiment Analysis: Examples and Methods
The term “sentiment analysis” in the contexts of texts refers to a program (to put it simply) that detects emotions in a text. A typical application is for detecting whether clients are happy or angry, but large-scale analysis – for instance, analyzing tweets – can also give a sense of public opinion on a matter. […]
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September 12, 2022
Similes in the Iliad: The Horrors of War
Today’s post – “Similes in the Iliad: The Horrors of War” – is authored by Igor da Silva Livramento. He’s a fellow academic from UFSC, fellow author, fellow creative-writing advisor, and overall a great fellow. He’s also a composer, music theorist, and producer. Check out his papers on Academia.edu, his music on Bandcamp, and his personal musings on […]
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September 5, 2022
No Ads, no Corporate Masters
The phrase of the title, “No Ads, no Corporate Masters”, is of course a wordplay on “No Gods, no Masters”. You can also find the phrase “No Ads, no Corporate Masters” here on Home for Fiction, at the top of every post page, or on the sidebar on the front page. It’s a way for […]
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