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Elise VanCise's Blog, page 26
August 22, 2012
Reading Makes Better Writers
The most important thing a writer must do is write. The second most important is read. Readingis what inspired us to do what we do. By reading we gain knowledge but we also learn skills. We can learn by example. Most people do this little trick and don’t even realize it. Writer’s can learn from each other’s style and verbiage as much as we can from taking classes. It’s all there in our favorite books.
As we get lost in a tale our minds are picking out things that we can use and apply to our o...
August 1, 2012
One Word/60 Seconds: Trap
OneWord.com is a website for getting the muse warmed up. Each day you get one word and sixty seconds in which to write what it inspires.This is my entry for today's One Word. What's yours?
The door slammed shut, he could hear the bolt slide into place. "Damn." There was a reason those mysterious notes say come alone. It was a trap, his gut was right instinct had been right but he came anyway. Now he had two options, wait for his captor to kill him or search for escape.
The door slammed shut, he could hear the bolt slide into place. "Damn." There was a reason those mysterious notes say come alone. It was a trap, his gut was right instinct had been right but he came anyway. Now he had two options, wait for his captor to kill him or search for escape.
July 31, 2012
Old Lady Creeper's Meat Pies
“What do we do now? You told me nothing could go wrong and look what’s happened.” Kurt pushed and shook the basement doors again. “We’ll just go in and get the ball, he said, nothing will happen he said, the old lady isn’t even home he said.” Pete gave his friend a shove. “Shut up! It’s not my fault the wind blew the doors shut.” He gave the other boy another shove to the side. “Stop acting like a baby, they probably just need a good shot of elbow grease.”
Kurt scoffed, “Yeah, my sister can be...
July 27, 2012
A Gallant Night #FridayFlash
Lucinda stood in the gallery and sipped her wine as she gazed at the veduta. The landscape was done in earthy oils. The artist expressed great elocution in his work. As she moved on through the gallery, she found another painting. This one seemed so real, as if the man standing at the parapet could tumble out of the work.Applause erupted as the artist raised his glass in a toast to Phillip Glazer. Pronounced fee-leep glass-a-er. The shmuck probably wasn’t even French. Lucinda had a premonitio...
July 25, 2012
One Word/60 Seconds: Gum
The clatter of a coffee cup being set on the desk brought his attention from the files long enough to grunt a thanks. This was one hell of a mystery, he had no idea where to start the search for this dame's sister. She was like smoke in fog, and he was one puzzled gumshoe
OneWord.com is a website for getting the muse warmed up. Each day you get one word and sixty seconds in which to write what it inspires.This is my entry for today's One Word. What's yours?
July 23, 2012
Danielle Thorne talks about Death Cheater on Glaidator's Pen
Pirates, biologists and ghosts… Oh my! The nice way of saying it, is "She's eclectic." And "she" would be Yours Truly. I'm a born romantic, but a suburban kid who grew up to be a busy mom and determined writer, destined to write about things besides spaghetti and grass stains. By thirty years old I took the leap from poetry and freelance writing into fiction. By thirty-five, I was reading Age of Sail books like Master and Commander and Horatio Hornblowerand taking scuba classes. I never could...
July 19, 2012
The Tentacle
Photo prompt courtesy photographer Danielle TunstallHis eyes snapped open, darted about the darkened bedroom. The room was too quiet, too still. His breath panted. They were almost here. No, not again. A soft whirring sound made his muscles tense and jump. Then he felt the warmed air on his feet from the vent just below his bed. It was just the heat, he let out a breath.
There was a sound a claw scratching on the wall. The breath turned into a gasp as a dark blur shifted in the cor...
July 16, 2012
Author Chat with Tmonique Stephens
Gladiator's Pen welcomes Tmonique Stephens to the Ludis today. She's here to talk about her upcoming release Eternity by Solmate Publishing. Pour a cuppa and enjoy the chat.
Tell us a bit about Tmonique Stephens:n high school, I wrote my first novel about a reporter and a hockey player after the U.S.hockey team won gold in the 1980 Olympics. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing from City College of New York where I won an English Department Award for my play Tea with Salt in 19...
Tell us a bit about Tmonique Stephens:n high school, I wrote my first novel about a reporter and a hockey player after the U.S.hockey team won gold in the 1980 Olympics. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing from City College of New York where I won an English Department Award for my play Tea with Salt in 19...
July 12, 2012
The Mission
A glance at the tower clock said it was almost time. Fingers drummed nervously on the café table. Stop, he admonished himself mentally. He couldn’t afford to draw attention to himself. Not now.
The mission was about to take place, delivery was crucial. Crucial to national security, maybe even global from the impressions he got during briefing.
After one last sip of the pungent tea, he pulled a few dollars from his wallet and tossed them on the bill. Standing, the young man glanced again at th...
July 10, 2012
Author Chat with Joyce Harmon
Today we're welcoming author Joyce Harmon to the Ludis! So sit back with your cuppa and enjoy our chat as we talk about Joyce's Winery series and latest
When did you first consider yourself an author? Oh, always! I was writing Star Trek fanfic (though I didn’t know to call it that) in junior high. Back then, there was nothing to do with your stories, though. You just wrote them out in long hand and let your friends read them.
Tell us a bit about your latest work Died on the Vi...
