Humans are social beings. We talk, work and love together. It’s important to have others around us to survive. Past pandemics can have us thinking that social isolation is a thing that, in time, will go away. But there are others who’ll continue to suffer long after a pandemic is over. Usher’s Syndrome. It’s a …
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Maxine has died. I can’t believe what I’ve heard. I just got off the phone with Sarah. She says that the big woman died during the night. We were talking to each other only yesterday. Maxine never said she was going out with her camera. She was supposed to stay at home and watch TV. …
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Vent anxieties by pairing screams to the right screaming place. Find a perfect victim and then find a perfect location. That’s when the real magic happens! There’s a difference in screams. Trust me. When you’ve got the right victim in the right place, the scream they make will reward you in ways you’ve yet to …
Want to know how to photograph lightning and take in some unique tips about photographing this spectacular phenomenon? It’s easy. Let’s start with the lightning part first. Stories can wait. Photographing lightning isn’t all that difficult. With minimal effort (and some creative experimentation and basic equipment), you too can be shooting shots like these within …
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Everyone loves a happy ending. Even the darkest of stories have one if we know where to look for them. The trick in locating them is to skew our heads sideways. Conventional thinking won’t help us. We must first allow the darkness to flow over us so it can smother out orthodoxy and open up …
Today’s forensic medicine makes solving crimes look easy. According to movies, television shows, and many books, all you need is to take a swab of some icky stuff, do something science-y with it, and a mystery gets solved. There are flaws in simplifying DNA science through speedy storytelling. Sure, a narrative moves much faster but …
People say, don’t judge a book by its cover but most who say that aren’t book authors. For readers, the front surface of a book is the face of its story. The graphic offers readers clues about what’s behind it. Readers start digesting a book from the cover. Yes, a book’s cover really matters. Don’t …
Dependable Mitchell comes with bucketloads of amiability. A joke accompanies most conversations. His warm smile melts anyone’s ice. There’s a wonderful sense of calm surrounding our reliable, likable protagonist. Mitchell Felding. His light-hearted character is welcoming, especially when it’s placed against that of his wife, Sam, who spends her time worrying while checking her watch …
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There are fair and good reasons why a book’s title matters to a book’s success. Choosing the right one may be the make or break for any book’s future. It all comes down to reader psychology.
Literotica? Really? Are we talking about curtains that blow gently in the wind as a book chapter fades or something that sticks around longer and peers between the sheets as the steam blows? Aren’t you about writing thrillers, Michael? What are you doing dabbling in the arts of sensuality? Yes. I write tease too. Tease …