British writer and physician Arthur Conan Doyle was born #OTD in 1859.
Doyle was a prolific writer; other than Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels.
Water is what runs out of the kitchen taps or a playground drinking fountain. It fills bathubs and pools and yes, of course, the ocean- but at a certain depth, water becomes a barrier from all you remember, all you think you know.
"How immense the universe is!
How eternal history is!
I wanted to measure the immensity with this puny five-foot body.
What authority has Horatio's philosophy?
The true nature of the whole creation.
...
I have no anxiety.
I recognize for the first time.
Great pessimism is nothing but great optimism."
#wordweavers 22/5: Is your antagonist more a dragon or a dragon rider?
Once you’ve explained what a dragon is…
Ask Perriad and she’ll probably see herself as a dragon rider (or else as a slayer of dragons!).
Ask Jerya, or anyone else who‘s butted heads with Perriad, and they’ll see her as a dragon—and they won’t mean it as a compliment. #writingCommunity#ThreeKindsofNorth#TheSunderingWall#VowsAndWatersheds#writing#books
#WritersCoffeeClub 21/5: Format as you write or at the end?
I format my WIP solely to suit myself—preferred font, spacing, etc. It looks nothing like Standard Manuscript Format, or like my finished books, but that’s cool. The one trick is to make consistent use of Paragraph Styles so that when needed I can change all the parameters in a few clicks.
My other essential for happy writing is never to use Word. #writingCommunity#ThreeKindsofNorth#TheSunderingWall#VowsAndWatersheds#writing#books
A Student's Guide to Right, Left and Truth by Alan E. Singer, 2020
This book is an augmented adaptation of the author's 2018 book Understanding Left and Right (Nova). It further reinforces the message that sustained truth-seeking leads people toward the political center. Each chapter offers divide-bridging discussions of issues such as regulation, taxation, corporate-strategy and personal identity, along with the very ideas of knowledge, truth and goodness.
Four pages to go. Karen Tei Yamashita’s ‘I Hotel’. 605 pages, what a book! Historical fiction depicting the lives of Asian Americans in San Francisco from 1968-1977. Recommended!
My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, & spectacular #horror#books far & wide.
💙📚 THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH by Paul Michael Anderson is a compelling collection w familiar tropes that go to dark & unexpected places. Full of cosmic horror goodness, with dashes of folk & creature horror for extra flavor, this novella & 4 short stories will keep you entertained & satiated. (Cemetery Gates)
I heard somewhere that during the victorian age, people, with the invention of radio and television yet to occur, used to sit down in the evenings and read books to keep themselves occupied. Now, I don't know if it's true or not but I'm finding the concept something nice to do even in the 21st century. Can be awfully cosy to do. #bookstodon#books
“Language was my knife. If I had unexpectedly been caught in an unwanted knife fight, maybe this was the knife I could use to fight back.” ― Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
I just bought a book “Strong Female Character” by Fern Brady & it’s a good preparation for “#Diversity in Tech” session on Thursday at #RIPE88 : it “ is a story of how being female can get in the way of being autistic and how being autistic gets in the way of being the 'right kind' of woman.” #ActuallyAutistic#feminism#books#Krakow#neurodiversity
Hey, I don’t suppose there are any British fans of S.T. Gibson that plan on attending her upcoming UK tour here? Because I really want somebody to get me one of those limited cover edition of “Evocation”.