The Fantasy Writer S Assistant

Author : Jeffrey Ford
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480411050

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The Fantasy Writer's Assistant by Jeffrey Ford Pdf

The World Fantasy Award–winning collection from the architect of the Well-Built City Trilogy No matter how far into the realms of space and fantasy Jeffrey Ford’s stories may venture, they have one trait in common: They’re grounded in the universal. The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant, Ford’s debut collection, is no exception. “Creation,” which received the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story and a nomination for a Nebula Award, relates a boy’s attempts to animate a man made of sticks and pebbles. Even as the creature’s life fades along with the summer, its loneliness and yearning for contact are palpable. Other blends of the worldly and otherworldly are evident in “Bright Morning,” in which a man searches far and wide for a cursed Kafka book, and “At Reparata,” when the grief of a king over the death of his queen takes the form of a destructive moth that could overtake the entire kingdom. The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant, its titular story another Nebula Award finalist, reveals Jeffrey Ford at his creative best.

Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Chelsea House Publications
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009592184

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Modern Fantasy Writers by Harold Bloom Pdf

Features 15 significant fantasy writers of the mid-20th century, providing biographical profiles, bibliographies, and extracts of works.

Author : Brent Weeks
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 1269 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316251280

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The Burning White by Brent Weeks Pdf

In this stunning conclusion to the epic New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series, kingdoms clash as Kip struggles to escape his family's shadow in order to protect the land and people he loves. Gavin Guile, once the most powerful man the world had ever seen, has been laid low. He's lost his magic, and now he is on a suicide mission. Failure will condemn the woman he loves. Success will condemn his entire empire. As the White King springs his great traps and the Chromeria itself is threatened by treason and siege, Kip Guile must gather his forces, rally his allies, and scramble to return for one impossible final stand. The long-awaited epic conclusion of Brent Weeks's New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series. Lightbringer The Black Prism The Blinding Knife The Broken Eye The Blood MirrorThe Burning White For more from Brent Weeks, check out: Night Angel The Way of Shadows Shadow's Edge Beyond the Shadows The Night Angel Trilogy: 10th Anniversary EditionNight Angel: The Complete Trilogy (omnibus)Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella The Way of Shadows: The Graphic Novel

Author : L. Ron Hubbard
Publisher : Galaxy Press LLC
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781592128570

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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 26 by L. Ron Hubbard Pdf

Discover Imaginative New Worlds of Tomorrow. Discover the new visionaries of imagination in the Writers of the Future. Let tomorrow's masters of science fiction and fantasy books take you on a journey. Meet a female warrior created to fight horrific, high-tech future wars, who discovers her humanity. Get lost in a magic room that comes to life, in the midst of rivaling magicians. Can an unlikely friendship with an exotic Alien race save an injured human girl. What would happen if you shared your mind with a terrorist, and their violence started to seep through? Can an android marked for death become human instead in a twist of fate? Established in 1983 by L. Ron Hubbard expressly for the aspiring writer, Writers of the Future has become the most respected and significant forum for new talent in all aspects of speculative fiction. Never before published first-rate science fiction and fantasy stories selected by top names in the field. Authors and artists discovered by Writers of the Future have gone to publish more works than other Writing Contest. It is a leading showcase of Creative Writing. “Not only is the writing excellent...it is also extremely varied. There's a lot of hot new talent in it.” —Locus Magazine Writing Contest Judges: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Orson Scott Card, Brian Herbert, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Rebecca Moesta, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Silverberg, K.D. Wentworth, Sean Williams and Dave Wolverton (AKA David Farland). Illustrating Contest Judges: Vincent Di Fate, Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon, Bob Eggleton, Frank Frazetta, Laura Brodian Freas, Ron Lindahn, Val Lakey Lindahn, Stephan Martiniere, Judith Miller, Cliff Nielsen, Sergey Poyarkov, H.R. Van Dongen and Stephen Youll.

Author : Christine M. Larson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691217406

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Love in the Time of Self-Publishing by Christine M. Larson Pdf

Lessons in creative labor, solidarity, and inclusion under precarious economic conditions As writers, musicians, online content creators, and other independent workers fight for better labor terms, romance authors offer a powerful example—and a cautionary tale—about self-organization and mutual aid in the digital economy. In Love in the Time of Self-Publishing, Christine Larson traces the forty-year history of Romancelandia, a sprawling network of romance authors, readers, editors, and others, who formed a unique community based on openness and collective support. Empowered by solidarity, American romance writers—once disparaged literary outcasts—became digital publishing’s most innovative and successful authors. Meanwhile, a new surge of social media activism called attention to Romancelandia’s historic exclusion of romance authors of color and LGBTQ+ writers, forcing a long-overdue cultural reckoning. Drawing on the largest-known survey of any literary genre as well as interviews and archival research, Larson shows how romance writers became the only authors in America to make money from the rise of ebooks—increasing their median income by 73 percent while other authors’ plunged by 40 percent. The success of romance writers, Larson argues, demonstrates the power of alternative forms of organizing influenced by gendered working patterns. It also shows how networks of relationships can amplify—or mute—certain voices. Romancelandia’s experience, Larson says, offers crucial lessons about solidarity for creators and other isolated workers in an increasingly risky employment world. Romancelandia’s rise and near-meltdown shows that gaining fair treatment from platforms depends on creator solidarity—but creator solidarity, in turn, depends on fair treatment of all members.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : UCSD:31822037943214

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The Writers Directory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Adrienne E. Gavin,Carolyn W. de la L. Oulton
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030385286

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British Women's Writing from Brontë to Bloomsbury, Volume 2 by Adrienne E. Gavin,Carolyn W. de la L. Oulton Pdf

This five-volume series, British Women’s Writing From Brontë to Bloomsbury, 1840–1940, historicallycontextualizes and traces developments in women’s fiction from 1840 to 1940. Critically assessingboth canonical and lesser-known British women’s writing decade by decade, it redefines the landscapeof women’s authorship across a century of dynamic social and cultural change. With each ofits volumes devoted to two decades, the series is wide in scope but historically sharply defined. Volume 2: 1860s and 1870s continues the series by historically and culturally contextualizing Victorianwomen’s writing distinctly within the 1860s and 1870s. Covering a range of fictional approaches,including short stories, religiously inflected novels, and comic writing the volume’s 16 original essaysconsider such developments as the sensation craze, the impact of new technologies, and the careeropportunities opening for women. Centrally, it reassesses key nineteenth-century female authors inthe context in which they first published while also recovering neglected women writers who helpedto shape the literary landscape of the 1860s and 1870s.

Author : Dan Koboldt
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780593332009

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Putting the Fact in Fantasy by Dan Koboldt Pdf

A collection of essays from historians, linguists, martial artists, and other experts to help you write more compelling fantasy by getting the facts right Whether it's correctly naming the parts of a horse, knowing how lords and ladies address one another, or building a realistic fantasy army, getting the details right takes fantasy writing to the next level. Featuring some of the most popular articles from Dan Koboldt’s Fact in Fantasy blog as well as several never-before-seen essays, this book gives aspiring and established fantasy writers alike an essential foundation to the fascinating history and cultures of our own world, which serve as a jumping-off point for more inspired and convincing fantasy.

Author : Curtis C. Smith
Publisher : Saint James Press
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0912289279

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Twentieth-century Science-fiction Writers by Curtis C. Smith Pdf

Author : R. Reginald
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780941028776

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Vol 2 by R. Reginald Pdf

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume Two of Two, contains Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II.

Author : S. J. Stratford
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : 9780816075980

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Film and Television by S. J. Stratford Pdf

Explains the steps to starting a career in the film and television industry, with suggestions on how to market and hone existing skills and advice on issues that face different age groups.

Author : Bill Robinson,Ceridwen Morris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1451603320

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Its All Your Fault by Bill Robinson,Ceridwen Morris Pdf

An Essential Guide to Landing -- and Keeping -- Your first Hollywood Job A position as an assistant to a producer, agent, director, studio executive, or star can be the path to a fabulous career -- or a one-way ticket to hell. How can the aspiring Hollywood assistant quickly learn the inside track to success while avoiding the land mines? It's All Your Fault is the answer. Written by two former Hollywood assistants who've been there and done that, It's All Your Fault is bursting with hard-earned advice, from figuring out who's who and who isn't to sex, drugs, and other work-related issues. Filled with outrageous anecdotes and countless celebrity stories, It's All Your Fault proves an indispensable addition to the nightstand of every wannabe Hollywood mover and shaker.

Author : Wikipedia Contributors
Publisher : e-Pedia
Page : 6107 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-22
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9788026855583

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e-Pedia: Game of Thrones (season 6) by Wikipedia Contributors Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The sixth season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on April 24, 2016, and concluded on June 26, 2016. It consists of ten episodes, each of approximately 50–60 minutes, largely of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. Some material is adapted from the upcoming sixth novel The Winds of Winter and the fourth and fifth novels, A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons. The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. HBO ordered the season on April 8, 2014, together with the fifth season, which began filming in July 2015 primarily in Northern Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Iceland and Canada. Each episode cost over $10 million. This book has been derived from Wikipedia: it contains the entire text of the title Wikipedia article + the entire text of all the 593 related (linked) Wikipedia articles to the title article. This book does not contain illustrations. e-Pedia (an imprint of e-artnow) charges for the convenience service of formatting these e-books for your eReader. We donate a part of our net income after taxes to the Wikimedia Foundation from the sales of all books based on Wikipedia content.

Author : Carl Anderson
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781071948934

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Teaching Fantasy Writing by Carl Anderson Pdf

Teaching fantasy writing increases student engagement, enables them to flex their creative muscles – and helps them learn important narrative writing skills. Opportunities for kids to lean into their innate creativity and imagination have been squeezed out of most school days, due to the pressures of standardized testing. And writing instruction has become more and more formulaic. In Teaching Fantasy Writing, Carl Anderson shows you how to include a study of fantasy writing in your writing curriculum that will engage student interest and creativity -- and make writing exciting for them again. Teaching Fantasy Writing is a game-changer. The fantasy genre gives children tools for expression that other genres don’t, providing them with a powerful way to work through challenging issues and emotions. And it also offers students the opportunity to address subjects such as gaining confidence in oneself, bullying, fighting injustice – and more. Plus, fantasy writing helps kids learn the skills necessary to meet narrative writing standards. And they’ll have fun doing it! If you’re an elementary school teacher who wants to help your students develop their writing skills by studying a high-interest, high-impact genre, you’ve come to the right place. In Teaching Fantasy Writing, Carl Anderson will: Discuss why fantasy writing develops students’ creativity, increases their engagement in writing, and accelerates their growth as writers Walk you through fantasy units for students in grades K-1, 2-3, and 4-6, which include detailed lessons you can teach to help students write beautiful and powerful fantasy stories Suggest mentor texts that will show students how to craft their fantasy stories. Show you examples of students’ fantasy writing, including the "worldbuilding" work they do before writing drafts Explain how you can modify the units and lessons to fit the needs of the students in your classroom By teaching fantasy writing, you can reignite the spark of creativity in your students and increase their joy in writing. Imagine the possibilities!

Author : Jay P. Pederson
Publisher : Detroit, MI : St. James Press
Page : 1212 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : American fiction
ISBN : UCSC:32106014434788

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St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers by Jay P. Pederson Pdf

Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of prominent science-fiction authors, written by subject experts.