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Mark Leslie's Blog: August 2014
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Mark Leslie is a writer, editor and bookseller who lives in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2005, Mark joined the blogging bandwagon and started posting random thoughts and musings on writing, bookselling and being a father. Friday, August 29, 2014. The brilliant sci-fi and fantasy author of such books as Dead and Buryd. And Fight or Flight. In the "Out of Orbit" series, recently followed this meme talking about her serialized novel that she's releasing on Wattpad called Teeth. Coming in print and eBook. While not...
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Abby Goldsmith: July 2012
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Jul 25, 2012. Awful Air France Ordeal. When we travel these days, we all expect long lines, underpaid airport staff who don't care about helping travelers, delayed flights, and hassles. That has become normal (and I found a good article about why that is. Air France flight 688 was scheduled to depart Paris CDG. At 1:30pm, and arrive in Atlanta around 5:30pm. What happened? We departed Paris at 2:45pm, diverted to Washington D.C. for no apparent reason, and arrived in Atlanta at 3:30am the next day. So I ...
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Abby Goldsmith: The Art of Storytelling
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Mar 30, 2015. The Art of Storytelling. Is there a major difference between writing and storytelling? What do all memorable stories have in common? Does great storytelling require talent? What, exactly, is it? Posted by Abby Goldsmith. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Abby babble Archive. The Art of Storytelling. Soft, Pulpy, Action-Adventure Sci-Fi. Abby is a Member of . More of Abby's Affiliates. The Commander of All Living Things. Promote Your Page Too. Follow this blog by email.
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Abby Goldsmith: June 2013
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Jun 17, 2013. As I head towards completion on the penultimate book in my Torth series. I'm wondering what note to end it on. Crowd-sourcing the ending of a novel is a bad idea- especially since most of the crowd hasn't read my novels- but I figured I'd ask your opinion, just to entertain myself. How should this book end? Please note, the real question is where should I split the story between Books 5 and 6, since this series is actually one gigantic, epic story. And if you want to see how complicated the...
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Abby Goldsmith: November 2013
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Nov 21, 2013. Now I understand gambling addiction. While I've been stuck at home, recovering from an illness, I've been compulsively playing two iPhone game apps by Storm8/TeamLava: "Candy Blast Mania" and "Bubble Mania." They are, respectively, a match-3 game and a bubble shooter game. I love the adorable animations (and I'm an animator), which is part of it. The evil gummy bear is so cute when he gets mad! Yeah I need to get out of the house more. I can't wait until this @#&%$! Ear infection goes away.
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Abby Goldsmith: August 2014
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Aug 29, 2014. Treating the Book 1 Beginning Problem. I thought I was finally ready to submit Book 1. It turns out I wasn't. Put it: How do you imply that there's more to a character than there seems at first, without giving the whole game away? But knowing is half the battle. My treatment plan is as follows:. 1) Add a prologue from the point of view of the only person on Earth who knows that the main character is not what he appears to be. Prologues are out of vogue and this is a minor antagonist, bu...
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Abby Goldsmith: October 2013
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Oct 31, 2013. Soon: Four Chilling Tales. Are you looking for something scary and short to read? Check out Soon: Four Chilling Tales. Available for Amazon's Kindle. In my story, "Handicapped," a real estate agent searching for his missing wife will find a unique horror inside the house that's For Sale. I'm sharing the table of contents with three other talented authors: James Maxey. Oh, and I drew the interior illustrations! Happy Halloween, everyone! Posted by Abby Goldsmith. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Abby Goldsmith: CGI is Not Made By Computers
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May 21, 2015. CGI is Not Made By Computers. Guest post by Abby Goldsmith, in Dan Koboldt's "Science in Sci-Fi" blog series. Posted by Abby Goldsmith. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Abby babble Archive. CGI is Not Made By Computers. Abby is a Member of . More of Abby's Affiliates. The Commander of All Living Things. Promote Your Page Too. Follow this blog by email.
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Abby Goldsmith: Encouragement Gone Wrong
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Apr 20, 2015. New writers are often told that they can write a novel; it's easy. Does this leave the wrong impression? If storytelling is an art form- like music or dance or fine art- that should imply years of training and practice. Do you believe that writing a great novel is easier than painting a masterpiece, or composing a concerto? Posted by Abby Goldsmith. Your arguments are identical to those decrying the pedestrianization of music composition through self composition, production and publication.
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Abby Goldsmith: May 2014
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May 22, 2014. Writing Goals and the Odyssey Writing Workshop. In a discussion on Goodreads, author Susan Shell Winston. Asked if I'd started writing my epic science fiction series before attending the Odyssey Writing Workshop. And if the workshop changed my ideas about it. During Odyssey, I learned so much, I added two new goals. I would: a) scrap those novel drafts and do a complete rewrite from scratch, and b) hone my short story craft. Posted by Abby Goldsmith. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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