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Phantom of the Pen
-by Lori Moritz
Writing tools are important.
Consider the tools above: a pen, a pen case, ink, and a Carnival of Venice Mask.
Why are these important?
The Pen
There is nothing like writing by hand. It creates a mental time warp that slows thought down to perfect narrative speed. It buffers the mind enough...
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Stephen King – Under The Dome
-by Adam Wilby
Just over a week ago this was placed in my hand by a work colleague following a conversation about Stephen King. My initial comment was something along the lines of “This isn’t a book, it’s a doorstop”, an observation based on it being 880 pages long.
The setting for...
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I can’t help but post this. I’ll probably burn for it… and for a long time, too, considering how much I enjoy looking at...
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Eavesdropping and BananaFish….
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J.D. Salinger, God rest his soul, wrote more than just the incredible coming to age novel, The Catcher in the Rye. He wrote many short stories, and many related to a central group of characters. I’m taking a UCLA Extension class called Putting Dialogue to Work. The first assignment requires that we...
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From his vantage point near the top of the Skyway bridge Edward Chandler looked upon the streets of Matracea. He had never visited this part of the city before but could see how it had earned its nickname as the Ant Colony. More people than he cared to try and count swarmed up the narrow road which ran parallel with the Skyway before branching off into any number of side...
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Adam21 on Mar 23, 2011 in
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- By Adam Wilby
Cordelia moved across to the mirror and silently gazed through it. On the other side the man approached and set a cardboard box down on the floor. Looking up his breath settled on the glass as his attention focussed on the dresser in front of him. Reaching out her hand Cordelia traced a finger in the resulting condensation. The message spoke but one word,...
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-by Adam Wilby
Just over a week ago this was placed in my hand by a work colleague following a conversation about Stephen King. My initial comment was something along the lines of “This isn’t a book, it’s a doorstop”, an observation based on it being 880 pages long.
The setting for this story is the fictional town of Chester’s Mill which, like...
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-By Adam Wilby
I’ve read a number of autobiographies in my life but this is the first I’ve ever read which has made me laugh and made me want to cry in equal measures. Predominately set against the backdrop of Limerick in Republic of Ireland after Frank McCourt’s buck the trend of Irish immigrants settling in America by returning there and experiencing the...
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Lori Moritz on Jan 18, 2011 in
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by Carter Ossman
A King now dead
A city once ever so jubilant
corroded
Buildings with beautiful decorations
now covered with thick, sickening black vines
People once pleasant and gracious to each other
now just rotted corpses
skeletons
The survivors blend in
All hail the...
-by Lori Moritz
Writing tools are important.
Consider the tools above: a pen, a pen case, ink, and a Carnival of Venice Mask.
Why are these important?
The Pen
There is nothing like writing by hand. It creates a mental time warp that slows thought down to perfect narrative speed. It buffers the mind enough to imbue language with passion, something I can’t get while...
- By Lori Moritz
2010 is winding down to a grinding (rapid, smashing????) halt. At least I managed to read a bit.
These are the books I read in 2010, in no particular order… and some with odd commentary:
World War Z by Max Brooks via Paperback
This book gave me Nightmares. BRAVO!
The Stand by Stephen King via Amazon Kindle
This book took me a year and a half to read...
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Adam21 on Dec 6, 2010 in
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- By Adam Wilby
CHAPTER ONE
Even as his consciousness returned and he started to open his eyes Seamus grimaced as the familiar pain of the previous evening’s alcohol shot through his head. Squinting against the glare of the sun as it streamed through the window he turned over and his heart sank upon seeing the bars of the prison cell. On the far side of the bars a policeman...
By Lori Moritz
This is not about a writing exercise… this is a writing about exercise… the physical kind.
I have read it countless times by a countless number of successful writers: You should exercise your body if you want to exercise your mind.
Now, I used to shrug this stuff off with an, “ of course!” But that was because I always maintained a strict...
I have been away from online ventures for the past two months because I almost died.
You think I’m kidding, but it’s true.
I know it has created a detriment to my writing audience, so I am in the works to ramp this back up again.
The good news is, I am having fun. I want to wrap up the old contest I have up here by Thanksgiving, and then start a new...
Lori Moritz used to think the only route to immortality would be through a handsome, charming vampire. She found many, and boy did they suck. She now seeks immortality through the pen. 
