Fritz Freiheit's Blog, page 6

Ask me why I write…

Every so often you run across something that makes your day, or even your week. When I do, I head back to the keyboard with renewed vigor and an intent to get that next story done and out the door… “Believe us, reading self-published and small press novels can be an eye-rolling experience. But slowly […]

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7 lines from page 7 from PVCACD

Go to the 7th line of the 7th page of your work in progress, and post the next 7 lines. Then tag in 7 friends. (See Google+ post for comments.) Following in the traditions of Mike Reeves-McMillan and C.J. Brightly, I’ve posted complete sentences rather than being strict about line beginnings and endings. My current […]

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Example of telling rather than showing from Dispensing Justice

Sometimes it’s better to tell. Writers are frequently bombarded with well-intentioned advice. The admonition to show, don’t tell is one of the most common writerly forms of critique. The idea behind this advice is, more times than not, quite sound. Unfortunately, when “show, don’t tell” is treated as a rule rather than a guideline, the […]

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NASA’s real life Enterprise may take us to other star systems one day (link)

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/holy-crap-n... FTL here we come! FTL here we come! Concept art for a Alcubierre and Casimir warp drive starship. Wiki version Google+

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Bethany Neal’s My Last Kiss released

I’d like to announce the release of Bethany Neal‘s My Last Kiss. Bethany is a member of the writer’s group I have been known to frequent. If you’re into YA paranormal romance with a murder mystery plot, I then I suspect you will like My Last Kiss (the book, rather than something I might do […]

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Fonts to use for your Book Cover Design by Genre (link)

Fonts to use for your Book Cover Design by Genre I like the way the fonts are put together by genre. Genres include: fantasy horror romance paranormal romance science fiction thriller western I would have liked to see mystery as well. Wiki version Google+

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Parallel Visions logo image

I put together my first version of the Parallel Visions logo in reasonably quick order. I have a few ideas about where I want to go from here. I want to give it an old school detective look by working in a bit of a fedora rim. Wiki version Google+ Pinterest

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Prologues never contribute to the story.

It followed me home. Can I keep it? — Indiana Jones

  It followed me home. Can I keep it? — Indiana Jones http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europ... Wiki version Google+ Pinterest

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Critical Hit! — Celebrating the 40th birthday of Dungeons and Dragons! (link)

Critical Hit! — Celebrating the 40th birthday of Dungeons and Dragons! at HeroSandwich.net I’d like to thank Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson for publishing a set of rules that were unplayable, but a really great idea. They inspired so much creativity with that simple mistake. Wiki version Google+

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Show, don’t tell.

Show, don’t tell. Wiki version Google+ Pinterest

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