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Mastering Point of View in Fiction

Here is another article I wrote, on mastering point of view. I hope it will be helpful to writers who are working through the art of the trade. Please continue to let me know of other topics that you are interested in.

Mastering Point of View in Fiction

Free Poetry Writing Workshop

The George Washington University’s Jenny McKean Moore Free Community Workshop for Spring 2013 will be READING AND WRITING POETRY. Bruce Snider, the author of two collections of poetry, will lead the workshop. The workshops will take place from January 24 to April 26, 2013 on Thursdays from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

To apply, submit a letter of interest and a 5-10 page sample of your writing. Include your name, address, home and work telephone numbers, and email address. Applications must be received at the following address by close of business on Monday, January 14, 2013. For more information, contact the George Washington University’s Department of English.

JMM Poetry Workshop
Department of English
The George Washington University
801 22nd Street, NW (Suite 760)
Washington, DC 20052

Holiday Sale: Save 43% on Meditation on Space-Time

Hi Everybody,

My novel Meditation on Space-Time will be on sale at Amazon for $3.99 starting on December 9, 2012. The paperback is also one sale. Check out the the introduction and the reviews in the link below to see whether you are interested in it.

Meditation on Space-Time

Happy Holidays!
Leonard



P.S. The sale ends on January 1, 2013.

Creating Memorable Characters

Here is an article I wrote on developing characters in novels and short stories. I hope it will be helpful to writers who are working through the art of the trade. Please feel free to let me know of other topics that you are interested in.

Creating Memorable Characters

Meditation on Space-Time Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Physicist-Monk Rejects Salvation to Cast Preacher into Hell

Either mercy or justice; either salvation or friendship. Either choice: a flawed solution for a fallen man in a broken world.

Even as Father Lawrence was hearing the stranger’s confession, he dreamed of probability waves, black holes and temporal loops. He wanted to look for his friend, not mess with a penitent’s vices: seducing women, framing rivals, and laundering church-funds.

Except, his friend was pregnant with this man’s child.

If only Lawrence could free himself from his emotional scum… If only he could marshal the courage to polish off his search for enlightenment…Only to discover the secrets inside his friend’s heart…and the liaison between the villain and her…

Meditation on Space-Time, A Novel (236 pp., tpb, $14.95) portrays a man’s struggle to discover his identity in contemporary society, to sacrifice for his friends and to take the road less traveled. For readers who would eat up the hero’s every morsel of laughter and tear as if each were bittersweet chocolate. While sifting through clues to the characters’ true identities and hidden agendas.

“Leonard Seet has left no literary devices on the table to narrate his tale…I was enthralled by the pure beauty of the writing among all the plot points. The scintillating writing is elegant, pure, grownup, originally cast, heartfelt, intelligent… The writing is simply breathtaking… brilliant bit of poetic science… If you prefer intelligently crafted novels, then do yourself a favor and by all means read this unforgettable novel by Leonard Seet: the writing is to die for.”
-David Lentz, author, Bloomsday: the Bostoniad

While working overseas as Project Director for a consumer electronics company, Leonard came upon a parchment, which he had drafted in college after booing a novel’s ending. The chicken-scratches had begun to fade, but he succeeded in deciphering the text. The writing was amateurish, but the plot had potential. So, to relieve work stress, he began rewriting the story, along the way learning the art of the trade. Several years later, he resigned from the company to write short stories and literary novels. In the fall of 2011, Leonard attended the Jennie McKean Moore Fiction Workshop at George Washington University to learn from author Tim Johnston, Art of the Story. He is the author of The Spiritual Life.

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Meditation on Space-Time
by Leonard Seet
Tpb edition. 6 x 9, 236 pages. ISBN 978-0-967-49372-5. $14.95.
E-book edition. ISBN 978-0-967-49371-8. $6.99.
Publication Date: November 2012

The Accident, a Short Story

The Accident is a short story I wrote last October. Enjoy.

http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/2...