Featured Poem 10/21 – “If”
If by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But...
Monthly Archive: October 2013
Sunday Serial: Poppy McJay #3
6Pm on the dot and Jacob Tenner was pressing the doorbell to Poppy McJay’s house. He could hear the scuffle of footsteps and a murmur of disagreement on the other side of the door...
The Legend of Korra: “Beginnings” Recap
Wow. Last night’s The Legend of Korra, “Beginnings” Part 1 and 2, still has me reeling! It felt less like an hour-long episode of television and more like a feature length film. It ranks...
Behind the Keyboard: Please Mind the Gap
Welcome back to Behind the Keyboard! This was supposed to be a weekly column but alas, exams got in the way. But we’re back! And in good time too because NaNoWriMo is coming up....
Show, Don’t Tell: What the heck does that even mean!?
It’s one of the most common axioms you’ll encounter in reviews online, to your English paper, and even by your peers: “Show, don’t tell.” Unfortunately, this is only a vague piece of advice. Of...
Bad Lip Readings Of Your Favorite Screen Adaptations
Bad Lip Reading is one of my favorite YouTube channels: it’s absurd, ridonkulous, and HI-larious. The person behind it, who has chosen to remain anonymous despite the enormous popularity of his or her work,...
Do you know the difference between a good writer and a bad writer?
A good writer writes. A bad writer doesn’t.
Word of the Week #35
The table was a jigsaw of cualacinos, knife-scratches and ink spots. cualacino (noun) 1. The mark left on a table by a cold glass.
How to get more reviews
If you share your writing online, such as the Young Writers Society, you’ve probably run into the reviews problem; that is, sometimes it can feel like you’re pushing against the tide just to get...
