BVC Presents Cover Stories: The TIME MACHINE GENE
Greetings, genre fiction fans. Welcome to Cover Stories in which an author shares a book, what’s on its cover, a hint of what’s inside and
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BVC Presents Cover Stories: A SEA OF STARS and TROUBLE
Book View Café presents: Cover Stories Greetings, genre fiction fans. Welcome to Cover Stories, in which an author shares a book, what’s on its cover,
New Writers Ask About Editors: Why Do I Need One?
Despite the protests of some legendary authors from back in the day, every writer needs an editor. Here at BookViewCafe, we often edit each others’
New Writers Ask: What Counts as Action?
Back when my full time day job was ghostwriting and editing, I’d sometimes get clients who wanted to learn craft and who were intensely concerned
New Writers Ask: What is Scene Craft and How Do I Get Some?
“How would you define scene development and what is the key to making it consistently good throughout a novel?” If you’ll recall, this was a
New Writers Ask: What is Scene Craft and Why Should I Care?
“How would you define scene development and what is the key to making it consistently good throughout a novel?” This was a question asked of
The Name of the Prose, Part 4: A Ghoti by Any Other Name is Still a Fish
As I commented in the previous installment of this series, my first novel was also my first experience trying to create a fantasy world from
The Name of the Prose, Part 2: The Name is Bond—James Bond
Ah, but what if it hadn’t been “James Bond”? What if the name Ian Fleming gave his super spy had been “Crane, Ichabod Crane?” Clearly,
Ursula Chases Flying Squirrels #6
by Ursula K. Le Guin Wouldn’t it be loverly if everybody who reads this never bought a book from Amazon again? Terrified that independent booksellers
Ursula Chases Flying Squirrels #5
by Ursula K. Le Guin Mars Probe Launched “It’s not your father’s rover,” Mars program director Doug McCuistion told the Orlando Sentinel. (From Slate, 27
Ursula Chases Flying Squirrels #4
by Ursula K. Le Guin From The New Republican Dictionary: to respect: to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to grope. In an interview on Fox news,
Ursula Chases Flying Squirrels #3
by Ursula K. Le Guin Creeping Socialism in Ohio Asked about the connotation of the phrase “income inequality,” LaTourette [Rep. Stephen LaTourette, R-Ohio] said, “It’s
Ursula Chases Flying Squirrels #2
by Ursula K. LeGuin Slumping Texas Governor Veers Hard Right, Courting Tea Party Vote (headline on a story in Slate by Will Oremus, 25 Oct.