Tag: novel
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Of Kings, Strategies and Tactics…
Capture of the King in chess ends the game. And thus the role of each piece or character’s movements works towards the larger goals of protecting the King of the same color and capturing the King of the opponent. The players move their characters and/or chess pieces towards accomplishing these two tasks. In this way…
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Anne Lamott, Bit by Bit, and Microwaved Water…
Our middle child sat for the SAT, at the outset of this week, but not before giving the completed term papers to the respective teachers who had assigned them. Having read them several times when helping with the editing I learned much about the Gulf of Tonkin. In editing the second paper I learned how…
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Of Knights, L-Shaped Movements Crisis and Climax…
In the game of chess, the Knight is the only piece or character on the board that can jump over another pieces even those who are friendly. The Knight moves in a “L”-shaped pattern. The Knight does this by going 2 steps forward, or backward, horizontal or vertical and then 1 step left or right…
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Of Towers, Castles and the Battles Writers Wage…
The Rook, Tower or Castle in the game of chess speaks to boundaries. Towers and Castles of the medieval era served not simply as homes, but also places of protection, that place to which rulers, those of their court, and the soldiers guarding them retreated and from which they waged battle. The Tower provided a…
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Blogging, Promoting, Revising and Editing…
Whatever difficulties we have experienced with editors writers need the help of editors. An unedited book placed on the market for public purchase diminishes our integrity as writers and demeans the skill to crafting fiction to which we aspire. If writing a book was as simple as putting the words on paper and sending it…