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James Field
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The Bell Tower Suite
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Gathering Clouds...
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Son of Peace: A Modern Historical Novel of Buddha
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Life in the Clouds: Strange Chronicles from a Stalled Century
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White Noise
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Gypsy Spell
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Doomsday Diary (The Cloud Brothers Short Stories #9)
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Psycho Psyche (The Cloud Brothers Short Stories #7)
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Yoikes (The Cloud Brothers Short Stories #8)
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Fast Down
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Raising the Stakes: Why Conflict Alone Isn’t Enough
Hello, fellow fiction writers.
A lot of writers hear this advice early on: “Your story needs conflict.”
So they add arguments. Fights. Obstacles. Villains. Explosions, even.
And still… the story feels flat.
That’s because conflict on its own isn’t the engine. It’s just friction. What makes readers lean forward isn’t the argument, the danger, or the clash — it’s what happens if things go wrong.
That’s s Read more of this blog post »
A lot of writers hear this advice early on: “Your story needs conflict.”
So they add arguments. Fights. Obstacles. Villains. Explosions, even.
And still… the story feels flat.
That’s because conflict on its own isn’t the engine. It’s just friction. What makes readers lean forward isn’t the argument, the danger, or the clash — it’s what happens if things go wrong.
That’s s Read more of this blog post »
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James Field said:
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Poe’s tales, without the tangle.
Buried alive. Driven mad. Haunted by guilt, grief, and things best left in the dark…
In Dead Easy, the classic horror tales of Edgar Allan Poe are retold in modern, clear English—sharp, spooky, and accessible for today’
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Shadows of Innocence is one of those young adult thrillers that quietly sneaks up on you, then refuses to let go. Gary B knows how to build unease, and once the story finds its footing, it becomes a genuine page-turner with a strong emotional core. At ...more |
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Ice Planet Barbarians (Ice Planet Barbarians, #1):
"wtf did I just read. I'll still continue with the series though."
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"(A-) 81% | Very Good
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-6 can be found here: Superman '78." |
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"(A-) 83% | Very Good
Notes: Scenes replayed (more context laid), a jigsaw puzzle plot, on Indianness, the dispossessed, and ties that bind (or not). *Progress updates: Preamble ◦ Issues #6-7 ◦ Issues #8-9 ◦ Issues #10-11" Read more of this review » |
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Hi, Joe. Yeah, to be honest, I 'power' read through much of it;-))
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| With the world feeling increasingly unstable and wars popping up all over the place (go on then, give Trump the peace prize…), a book titled World War IV: Russia Vs United States caught my eye. I was immediately curious — not least because I wondered ...more | |
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| Making Connections: 266. GATHERING CLOUDS by James Field | 13 | 31 | May 31, 2012 05:31AM | |
| Making Connections: 3242. - CLOUDS OVER PLANET X by James Field | 1 | 10 | Jun 09, 2014 07:06PM |
“She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides
“For all their simplicity, humans could be remarkably perceptive, though they didn't know it most of the time, and their ability to thrust straight through deception and see to the heart of truth was often lost with childhood. By adulthood humans had trained themselves to be coy and manipulative in response to the coy and manipulative society in which they lived, which led them to believe that everyone was trying to be as coy and manipulative as themselves and were uncertain about what was true and what was not. Beyond their few flashes of clarity, everything became a muddle of colliding doubts.”
― The Speaker for the Trees
― The Speaker for the Trees
“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.”
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“The story-tellers and spinners of erotic tales are hardly more than butchers who hang up meat attractive to flies.”
― Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian
“Traumatic events can be compared to facing a demon pitcher on the baseball diamond. Life tells us we have to take a swing at the ball, but engaging this demon comes with consequences. If you make first base, you’ll feel the need to sleep. Not so bad. Second, you’ll want to forget it all happened. Don’t we all? But third base brings the onset of madness and if you step off the plate there’s only death. In the great game of life, sometimes it’s better to strike out than hit a home run. After all, you can relax in the Dugout with friends until you’re ready to knock the demon out of the park.”
Alexander Rollins, Keystrokes”
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Alexander Rollins, Keystrokes”
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Hi James,Thank you for your Goodreads friend invitation.
Cheers,
Martin
