316 pages Space Exploration/Science Fiction An enormously complex and wide-ranging story with a cast of characters from all over the galaxy, this is essentially a tale of survival against the odds. Male criminals, of human and different alien species, are incarcerated on a hostile uninhabited planet as punishment for their crimes. They are treated as …
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Word cloud created through Wordart.com Looking at Onomatopoeia and Metaphor, Simile, Collective Nouns, and my Delusional Dictionary. For definitions of those, click here to read the introductory post to the series. This week’s words:Tintinnabulation, Tall, Tassel, Tablet. Onomatopoeia: Tintinnabulation: This fabulous word expresses the tinkling of a small bell, but can be used as a …
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Word cloud created through the facilities of Wordart.com. Looking at Onomatopoeia and Metaphor, Simile, Collective Nouns, andmy Delusional Dictionary. For definitions of those, click here to read the introductory post to the series. This week’s words:Susurration, Scarce, Sect, Stupidity. Onomatopoeia: Susurration: Susurration; just say it. It speaks to the ear. It means a whispering, a …
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Word Cloud via wordart.com Looking at Onomatopoeia and Metaphor, Simile, Collective Nouns, and my Delusional Dictionary. For definitions of those, click here to read the introductory post to the series. This week’s words:Rip, Red, Rope, Ramble. Onomatopoeia: Rip: Whether it’s ‘He ripped off her dress…’, ‘She ripped his shorts…’, or ‘The quake ripped the land…’, …
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Word cloud created via Wordart.com. Looking at Onomatopoeia and Metaphor, Simile, Collective Nouns, and my Delusional Dictionary. For definitions of those, click here to read the introductory post to the series. This week’s words:Quiver, Quick, Quarrel, Quality. Onomatopoeia: Quiver: I expect we all know that a quiver is a case to hold arrows, as per …
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The Forest Floorhttps://www.picfair.com/pics/05454811-the-forest-floor Time for your August reminder that the creative writing contest table has been updated. It lives on the ‘Resources’ page, here. For new visitors: Many contests are free to enter and offer great cash prizes. Some are looking for either unpublished or beginner writers. The table currently offers contests with entry dates …
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508 pages Teen and YA/Science Fiction Adventure/Metaphysical and Visionary This complex and intriguing book is full of action. It’s also packed with thought-provoking discussions among the many fascinating characters. These come as natural parts of the story and we are led into them through both the action and the well-drawn natural exchanges of the players. …
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Word cloud via wordart.com Looking at Onomatopoeia and Metaphor, Simile, Collective Nouns, and my Delusional Dictionary. For definitions of those, click here to read the introductory post to the series. This week’s words:Plonk, Pale, Pontification, Peer. Onomatopoeia: Plonk: Plonk does what an onomatopoeia is supposed to do. It says the sound. Not exactly poetic, it …
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Looking at Onomatopoeia and Metaphor, Simile, Collective Nouns, and my Delusional Dictionary. For definitions of those, click here to read the introductory post to the series. This week’s words:Oink, Old, Ostentation, Obeisance. Onomatopoeia: Oink: Oink is considered a representation of the noise made by a domesticated porcine. But the pigs I’ve met, and, having lived …
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72 pages Literary Anthologies and Collections/Poetry An anthology of poetry set in, and describing, the Australian Outback, this collection embodies that dry, deserted, hostile, hopeful, barren place I know only from novels and films. That the poems evoke a sense of place, even for an Englishman with no experience of the location, says a lot …
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Taking a look at Onomatopoeia and Metaphor, Simile, Collective Nouns, and my Delusional Dictionary. For definitions of those, click here to read the introductory post to the series. This week’s words:Natter, Nutty, Neverthriving, Nurse. Onomatopoeia: Natter: We all know people who natter; they’re the ones who chatter, gossip, enjoy the sound of their own voice …
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Taking a look at Onomatopoeia and Metaphor, Simile, Collective Nouns, and my Delusional Dictionary. For definitions of those, click here to read the introductory post to the series. This week’s words: Miaow, Mad, Mob, Moat. Onomatopoeia: Miaow: I confess I chose this particular onomatopoeia because so many writers and readers are cat lovers, and we all …
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The time has come around once more for your monthly reminder to let you know the creative writing contest table has been updated. It lives on the ‘Resources’ page, here. For new visitors: Many contests are free to enter and offer great cash prizes (best prize is £16,000.00; you could buy a LOT with that!). …
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106 pages Short Stories At first, this anthology of short stories seems an unconnected collection. As the reading progresses, another story emerges, built with the blocks of the individual tales. It is almost, though not quite, a novel. The encompassing story is that of Paul, the Dark Poet, and tells how he came to be …
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Taking a look at Onomatopoeia and Metaphor, Simile, Collective Nouns, andmy Delusional Dictionary. For definitions of those, click here to read the introductory post to the series. This week’s words: Lash, Light, Litter, Labour. Onomatopoeia: Lash: Although ‘lash’ has several meanings, I imagine the most popular is that meaning ‘whiplash’ as in the lash of …
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