http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Thu, 22 May 2008 19:43:23 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.17/content/springwidget/fiction.xml http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17653886 Almost always the answers involve a character who is trying to do something, accomplish something, act on their environment, want to make a change. I write down as much as I can about what I think that character might want hoping to come up with one main Novel Journey Thu, 22 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17653886 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17651256 She hadn’t dialed and I hadn’t dialed. Our phones had both rung and we had both answered: the network was trying something new. By way of thanks for her counsel, I attempted something new, crafting my final complaint around a half-submerged declaration of devotion in the “if I didn’t love you” Very Short Novels Thu, 22 May 2008 11:11:31 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17651256 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17646939 It typically seeks fancy new words for familiar things, and it scrambles for synonyms in order to avoid at all costs repeating a word, even though repetition might be the natural, normal thing to do: The audience had a certain bovine placidity, instead of The audience was as placid as cows. The The Elegant Variation Thu, 22 May 2008 07:21:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17646939 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17644749 Blog book giveaway: To enter to win today’s book, leave a comment on this blog post, giving your name and saying you want to enter. Please leave an email address or website where I can contact you (please use this format--you [at] yourmail.com--or Camy's Loft Thu, 22 May 2008 05:42:11 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17644749 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17642255 When he finally looked up, he saw her across the street, holding the same pose – wondering, he knew, if she had forgotten anyone, but slowly realizing that there was no one left. He had to convince himself to wait for the commuter rail to pass – one car, only three passengers – before he dashed 365 Tomorrows Thu, 22 May 2008 04:01:11 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17642255 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17604268 Come and browse through the book review blog entries of genre fiction. You will find various authors that have written books on the different subgenres of Genre Fiction such as Romance, Crime Fiction and the subgenres, Classic Literature, Young Adult Genre Fiction Wed, 21 May 2008 15:19:54 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17604268 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17642350 Just a gentle reminder that I'll be reading tonight at Shaman Drum Bookshop at 7pm with Kevin Sampsell, Aaron Burch, and Barry Graham. Hopefully if you're in the area you'll be able to stop by. Kevin will be reading from his new book, the excellent Creamy Bullets, and Barry and I will both be Matt Bell Thu, 22 May 2008 03:55:39 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17642350 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17620228 This is a truly repulsive publication that you can happily cram at the back of your underwear drawer to hide from your parent or spouse ... Disgusting and without socially redeeming qualities, it’s the herpes-ridden juvenile delinquent of all periodicals." I’m king of the world in my truck and I DZ Allen's Muzzle Flash Wed, 21 May 2008 19:24:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17620228 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17639706 The home-brew video leaves much to desire—complete with a bad, but creative, misread of "well he may" as "Willie May," which cluelessness I chalk up to the British being, well, British—but the song is catchy and apropos on this, the day Acephalous Thu, 22 May 2008 02:01:24 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17639706 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17629251 Some people ask me how I made the transition from writing fiction to writing non-fiction and here’s how I did it. So here is my key to changing from writing fiction to non fiction - if you have a deep genuine passion to write a book, you can write Fiction Scribe Wed, 21 May 2008 05:00:36 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17629251 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17589162 Have you signed up with Chapter A Week? If you're on the list you'll receive the opening chapter to a novel each week, with a link to the author's website for more information. 2. Last week I told you about Dean Koontz's marketing strategy for his new release, Odd Hours. Koontz and company have Forensics & Faith Tue, 20 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17589162 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17633133 Those of you who've looked at "Examples of Metaphor" are aware of our high regard for Raymond Chandler's writing. But many people enjoy his books without realizing that that the man who so successfully depicted L.A.'s seedy underbelly was actually well-educated, even genteel. Learn more about the About.com: Fiction Writing Wed, 21 May 2008 19:08:21 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17633133 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17581803 Last week I was in the library, doing research, and it so happened that first I re-read Deborah Lutz's The Dangerous Lover, about "The dangerous beloved [who] hides a secret melancholy interiority that flashes out in passionate violence and rage" (2) and then turned to Julia Wood's article about Teach Me Tonight Tue, 20 May 2008 22:16:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17581803 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17558967 When Sally met Sally they drove to the coast. Dave said, "That's not a balloon," trying to sound knowledgeable about balloons. Sally said, "Well what is a balloon?" He was trying to buy time so he could think about what a balloon is, but he couldn't think about that while he was talking about Very Slight Stories Tue, 20 May 2008 09:54:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17558967 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17488682 Start with Scott's foreword and Chad's introduction (both of which are excellent), and then move on to the list itself, which awards stories by writers I admire such as Elaine Chiew, Kim Chinquee, Elizabeth Ellen, Kathy Fish, Jeff Landon, Peter Markus, Mary Matt Bell Sat, 17 May 2008 12:50:26 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17488682 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17647305 Captain's Log, Supplemental I’m blogging at Faithchick about how my dog keeps eating my knitting lint . (No joke!) Camy's Loft Thu, 22 May 2008 07:06:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17647305 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17609717 Michelle McKinney Hammond, a writer, singer, and speaker who focuses on improving love–driven relationships, is the founder and president of HeartWing Ministries as well as the co-host of the Emmy–nominated show Aspiring Women. As I became more aware of how Novel Journey Wed, 21 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17609717 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17570560 This morning I was watching James Frey (I know, it's a sickness, I don't know why I do this to myself) on Tagged , Barnes & Noble's "weekly video series about what's new in the world of books" and nearly spit up my coffee when he made this stunning The Elegant Variation Tue, 20 May 2008 17:24:13 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17570560 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17590700 His father fought in the blood bath of South East Asia, and his father fought in North Africa during the Great Patriotic War. I wish things would have heated up on Mars so I could have stayed in my beautiful dry desert, but I had to follow the family line, I was sent to the jungle planet. Danvers, 365 Tomorrows Wed, 21 May 2008 04:12:49 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17590700 http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17588691 Many thanks for the advice you doled out yesterday ... and for clicking on books I've linked to and purchasing something from Amazon in the next 24 hours. (With hugs and sickly sweet kisses going to the random offerings by devotees of Great God Hello Kitty.) Acephalous Wed, 21 May 2008 03:12:21 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/fiction/item/17588691