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May 1, 2013
Top 5 List – Overrated Bands
We’re not ALL about writing here at the4threalm.com. We also enjoy goofing off, while at the same time giving our readers a little better sense of who we are. With that in mind, we’re proud to present the first in what will hopefully be a long series of Top 5 posts, where we rank things [...]
April 22, 2013
Crafting a Story – Part 2
Developing your Plot “A plot is a causal sequence of events, the “why” for the things that happen in the story. The plot draws the reader into the character’s lives and helps the reader understand the choices that the characters make.” http://www.learner.org/interactives/l... So how do we create a good plot? Well, if you spend some [...]
April 16, 2013
Coming up with a story by Jennifer Priester
As part of our Adventures in Writing series, we’ll be showcasing other authors and any of the ‘adventures’ they’ve had in writing that they felt like sharing. Our first volunteer is Jennifer Priester, who has some thoughts on coming up with story ideas. Get used to seeing Jennifer’s name, because she’ll be a regular on [...]
April 3, 2013
Conversations with Russell – Bikini Bars and Rush Limbaugh
My friend Russell and I have many interesting discussions, and I feel obliged to begin sharing them with the world. I hope you find them as entertaining as I do. Russell spent some years in the Philippines in his youth, and tonight he told me about some of the times he spent in things called [...]
April 1, 2013
Crafting a Story – Part 1
When I tell people that I’m a writer (or more specifically, a wannabe writer), I usually hear one of two things in reply: a) that’s really cool, or b) that’s really cool, oh, and I’ve always wanted to be a writer, too. I’m really surprised at how many people I meet who have stories they [...]
Adventures in Writing
We’re indie authors here at the4threalm.com, and as such, we’ve already been through quite a few of the trials and tribulations indie authors must go through when publishing a book. Crafting a story, creating characters, outlining, writing, editing, publishing and marketing – they’re all important steps on the road to success (or so we hear) [...]
March 25, 2013
New Online Story – The New Firefighters
Hey everybody, we have a new online story up on our Books page, a flash fiction piece from Bruce Meyer that ties into his ‘dark matter’ universe. This is one of many parts to this story, the rest of which can be found on his website Dominion and Dimensions – no relation to my own [...]
New Online Story – The New Firefighers
Hey everybody, we have a new online story up on our Books page, a flash fiction piece from Bruce Meyer that ties into his ‘dark matter’ universe. This is one of many parts to this story, the rest of which can be found on his website Dominion and Dimensions – no relation to my own [...]
March 20, 2013
Audio Interview with Bill Thompson
I had the pleasure of doing an audio interview with Bill Thompson over at thebookcast.com a while back, and he’s since posted the interview up at his site. Bill was an awesome guy to talk to, and he has that great announcer’s voice, that deep voiceover style that makes everything he says sound way more [...]
March 18, 2013
Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling
If you learn anything about me over the next several dozen years or so that I’m blogging on this site, I hope at least one of the things you learn is how much I love and respect Pixar for their commitment to storytelling. There’s a lot of crap out there, in pretty much all mediums, [...]
