Thursday, October 11, 2012

The Distress of the Privileged

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Long time, no post but I've found this really good article that's given me a great perspective on those less than sympathetic charac...
Monday, February 27, 2012

1811 Slang Book

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Well, I got interested in this book since it was mentioned in the Julian Stockwin newsletter (he's a great naval warfare author) and fou...
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Thursday, February 9, 2012

SAMPLE IT: 15 Ways To Show Fear

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I have posts on fear and your characters , the details of fear (which explains why I'm splitting SAMPLE IT: Anxiety from SAMPLE IT: Fea...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Cheap 2nd Hand Books

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Yay! I got about a half dozen books on pirates - ranging from fantasy to high adventure to thriller to historical - from the public library ...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

CBT: How Beliefs Affect Feelings & Actions

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy uses a model of human emotion which basically states that it's not the circumstances of a person's life...
Friday, January 13, 2012

The Feed, Mira Grant

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'Feed' is part of the Newsflesh Trilogy by Mira Grant and it's a first-person story revolving around three bloggers who are hire...
Monday, January 9, 2012

Gendered Characterisation

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This is a fantastic article from TV Tropes on the different media expectations, tropes, and reasoning behind certain gender norms on televi...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

SAMPLE IT: 15 ways to reveal flirtation

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1. Jack stared at her until he was sure he'd caught her eye, then he looked away, glancing back a few short seconds later. 2. Jane lean...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

SAMPLE IT: 15 ways to show sadness / melancholy

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This is a tricky one as melancholy often involves a sort of visible weariness that manifests in limited, often jerky, gestures and short, st...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

SAMPLE IT: 15 ways to show confidence / pride / arrogance

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Pride and arrogance aren't the same thing but, for simplicity's sake, I'm combining them both here. 1. Jane jutted out her ch...
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