Katherine Mansfield died on 9 January 1923.
Katherine Mansfield.
“When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them.”–Katherine Mansfield
Goodbye, Katherine Mansfield!
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Tag Archives: Fiction
Nella Larsen on Imagination
“Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it.”–Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen (1928). Photographed by James Allen.
John Steinbeck on the Magic in Story Writing
“If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another.”–John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck (November 1939)
[Book Nerd Links] Ovid, Le Guin, and The Rabbit Queen
Edgar Allan Poe on a Single Mood
“A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.”–Edgar Allan Poe
The Ballad of Thelma and the Sleaze
Thelma and the Sleaze are coming for you Gunning down the highway With guitars in their eyes, like stars Bigger than life Full of that '70s swagger B-movie queens on the rise Heading to your town Gonna take it over They'll charm your women and drink your booze Yeah, these chicks do it up right Night after night on the stage Leaving nothing behind but your dreams They won't stop Even when there's nothing left to give Gonna conquer the world while you weep Bigger than life Full of that '70s swagger B-movie queens on the rise Thelma and the Sleaze are coming for you Gunning down the highway With guitars in their eyes, like stars
Have a Happy New Year with a Fresh Episode of Epic of World Saga!
The conclusion to The Thing in the Ruin is now available! Will Ben B make it out alive? There’s only one way to find out.
[Epic of World Saga] Episode 3: The Thing in the Ruin, Part 1!
Benjamin Banneker is trapped under thousands of tons of rubble – and he’s not alone.
Will he make it out alive?
There’s only one way to find out…
Evelina
I couldn’t resist this copy of Evelina (circa 1970), which I snagged for six cents less than the original price.
Evelina
Isn’t the illustration beautiful?
The Connected Worlds Podcast: Episode 2
The second ep of the Connected Worlds Podcast is up! In it, Kev and I discuss the writing process both in general and how it relates to EoWS.
This is the first podcast we’ve recorded while living on different continents. Boy, did it come with some technical challenges! We worked through ’em, though.
Thanks for listening!
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