SHALLA Magazine: Radio Shows
RebeccasReads
Review Request
7101 W Hwy 71 Ste 250
Austin, TX 78735
**************
Common Mechanical Pitfalls
by Vicki Hinze
When asked, a group of editors from top publishing houses, responded that the following are the most often seen mechanical errors in works submitted by authors.
By removing these errors from our works, we greatly enhance our potential for publication—and strengthen our writing skills.
Author Intrusion, Filtering, Passive Voice. Use the active voice in writing. Avoid weak verbs: "to be" and its variants: was, are, is. This puts the reader on-scene, makes what’s happening, happen now. Author intrusion reminds the reader she’s reading, hence you lose immediacy, empathy between reader/character. Show, don’t tell applies.
For more: http://www.fictionfactor.com/guests/mechanical.html
**************
Creating a Character for a Horror Story
By Sarah Todd
Lauren gasped when she rounded the corner into the alley. The object of her revulsion looked up. He was surprised by her sudden appearance. His long hair fell in loose curls past his shoulders. The hair of his bearded chin dripped red with blood. He raised an outstretched hand in front of his face. His other hand let go of the man he had been supporting. The body fell to the pavement. Her attention darted to the apparent victim and Lauren saw that a stream of blood flowed from the man’s neck. It traced a path between the cracks in the dirty pavement. Lauren looked back to the… well, the vampire. She knew it sounded crazy, but that’s what the guy seemed to be aiming for. Their eyes locked for a few brief moments. His outstretched fingers shook with a nervous energy that she did not mistake for fear.
Anne Rice places her vampires in everyday situations, and she gives each character very human emotions – so human that you might want to look at your neighbour a bit more carefully when you close the book! This article is written to give you some ideas for creating realistic characters to populate your horror story.
For more: http://horror.fictionfactor.com/articles/horrorcharacter.html
**************
Query Tracker • Search our massive listing of Literary Agents • Keep Track of your Queries• View advanced statistics about each agent's query history
Get your fre*e Query Tracker download today!
Click here for more details: http://www.querytracker.net/index.php
**************
Here's A Free Listing of HORROR PUBLICATIONS
http://horror.fictionfactor.com/hmg1.pdf
Labels: book review, Creating a Character for a Horror Story, Mechanical Pitfalls, Query Tracker, Radio Shows
posted by Shalla at 10:59 AM
