Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 148
August 13, 2015
The sound of Earth: Exploring Radio Aporee.
Originally posted on www.seanmunger.com:
What does the Earth sound like? A long time ago I came across a website that used some very interesting technology to try to answer that question, and I put it on my list to do a blog post about. Somehow I kept forgetting about it, but this morning I came back to it. It’s called Radio Aporee, and it’s the equivalent of a “Google Earth for sound”: a map site that logs and embeds short sound recordings, contributed by users, from all over the planet. S...
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‘One and twenty daft days’ in 1822: King George IV visits Scotland
Originally posted on All Things Georgian:
In August 1822, a year after his coronation, King George IV made a trip to Scotland, the first British monarch to do so for 170 years. The entire trip was stage managed by the author Sir Walter Scott, with much pageantry, but some mistakes did happen.
Via Brown digital repository, Brown University Library
The portly King, known for his love of fashion and frippery, dressed to impress in a kilt – but his kilt was too short, finishing well above his...
August 11, 2015
6 AUGUST 1552: THE DEATH of Sir George Throckmorton of Coughton
Originally posted on tudorqueen6:
The Tudor gate at Coughton Court, Warwickshire, England. Commissioned by Sir George. [Source: National Trust Coughton Court] 6 AUGUST 1552: THE DEATH of Sir George Throckmorton of Coughton Court [uncle by marriage and cousin]. George was the eldest son of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton by Catherine, daughter ofWilliam Marrow. Sir Robert Throckmorton was a courtier and Councillor to Henry VII. Before his death, in Italy while on pilgrimage to the Holy L...
Elizabeth I’s Glorious Speech at Tilbury
Originally posted on tudors & other histories:
On the 9th of August 1588Queen Elizabeth I delivered the speech that has catapulted her to fame. It has been recreated many times in pop culture: movies, TV, and the literary genre. But until you read the real thing, you realize the full impact of her words and how smartshe was at presenting herself as England’s rightful monarch:
“My loving people, we have been persuaded by some, that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourse...
5 Reasons Internal Dialogue is Essential in Fiction (And How to Use It in Your Story)
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Today, I have a special treat for you guys. Author, speaker, editor and long-time W.A.N.A. International Instructor Marcy Kennedy is here to talk about internal dialogue—when to use it, why we use it and how not to get all cray-cray with it.
Trust us. As editors, Marcy and I see it all. Often newer writers swing to one extreme or another. Either they stay SO much in a character’s head that we (the reader) are trapped in The Land of Nothing Happening...
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Originally posted on Exequy's Blog:
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910) was a Russian novelist, social reformer, pacifist, Christian anarchist, and moral thinker. Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. In their scope, breadth, insight into human motives, and realistic depiction of Russian life, these two books stand at the s...
August 10, 2015
W.S. Veritatis – Elizabethan Lyricist
Originally posted on crafty theatre:
Who was this W.S. who mocked the countryman who came to London to make commerce with comedy? Who was he, who claimed to be the greatest wit in London? Who was this pamphleteer behind,Tom Long’s Journey to London to Buy Wit? Whose were the plays printed besides Shakespeare’s in the 3rd and 4th Folios? Who else’s plays were published in quarto editions bearing William Shakespeare’s name during the Stratford man’s lifetime?
Looking for works published with t...
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Originally posted on Dan Alatorre - AUTHOR:
I get story ideas everywhere, all the time.
Doesn’t everyone? Don’t all writers? Please tell me I’m not an oddball!
(Recently we discussed Successful Authors and how ofen they admit they don’t know what they’re dong, HERE.)
I get ‘em all the time.
Ideas… If they are interesting enough, I do a quick talk-to-text and send it to me computer. That’s round one. The next day, I look at them to see if they’re still interesting. I see if the email actuall...
