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5 Tips for Creating Fear in your Reader When Writing Horror
Read more: 5 Tips for Creating Fear in your Reader When Writing HorrorWant to Invoke nail-biting terror in your readers? Here are five tips and other resources that will help!
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Valentine’s Day: A Dark History
Read more: Valentine’s Day: A Dark HistoryValentines Day, the auspicious day of love and joy. For many it means flowers, gifts, and candy. For some it means a night by themselves eating chocolate and admiring the flowers after listening to Miley Cyrus’ new hit single on repeat. Okay, just one more time. But is Valentine’s Day even a real holiday? Is…
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English 101: Elements of a Story
Read more: English 101: Elements of a StoryAnyone that has written a literature analysis paper for a class knows that finding reliable resources that support an argument can be a tedious task in itself. Web articles and blogs throw words around like themes, elements, and characteristics when breaking down a work of fiction, almost as if they’re synonymous to another. This can…
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Book Review: What Happened that Night by Sandra Block
Read more: Book Review: What Happened that Night by Sandra BlockWhat Happened That Night by Sandra Block A Jewish paralegal Dahlia is out to get revenge on her rapists five years later after a video of her assault was anonymously released. With the help of James, a member of a support group, Dahlia tracks down her assailants and makes life hell for them. This book…
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Severus Makes A Scene: What We Wanted from the Movies
Read more: Severus Makes A Scene: What We Wanted from the MoviesOver twenty years ago, the magical world of Harry Potter came to the big screen for the first time. Young witches and wizards all over the world devoured the first four books and now they could see their favorite story of good versus evil on the screen. We became so immersed that as children, we…
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FanFiction: A History and Reflection of Post-Modern Literature
Read more: FanFiction: A History and Reflection of Post-Modern LiteratureFan fiction is the creative expression of fandom, or a reflection of a pop cultural universe created by a fan. For those that write fan-fiction, it can be agreed that it is not an easy task to create captivating fan fiction. Many authors and writers, including myself got their start with fan fiction. However I’ve…
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A New Generation of Readers
Read more: A New Generation of ReadersYou can put as many books as you want on a tablet, phone or computer. However, nothing beats the feeling of holding a story in the palm of your hands, feeling the pages flip through your fingertips, and the smell of freshly printed paper. Book lovers around the world can agree that these emotions book…
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How I Keep My Library Organized
Read more: How I Keep My Library OrganizedI buy books. A lot of books. As a bookseller, English Major, and bookworm, it’s expected. Keeping books organized can be a lot of work, especially the upkeep it takes from keeping bugs from damaging them or dust mites from eating away at the pages. Without proper organization and inventory when building a home library,…
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9 Ways in Which ADHD is A SuperPower
Read more: 9 Ways in Which ADHD is A SuperPowerNow that the dishes are clean, the cat box is emptied and the whole apartment is spotless, I can sit down and enjoy my day, right? Nope. ADHD does have its downsides like the excessive need to keep moving, the inability to concentrate on tasks, and the anxiety that can go with it. These are…
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Bookseller Comic
Read more: Bookseller Comic“I’m looking for a book. I don’t know the author or title but I remember the cover is red and black.” Don’t worry, like All State, we’ve got you covered. After a game of twenty questions based on genre, we can figure it out. I recently had a phone conversation with a lovely lady from…