The Road Paved With Words

jakehelps: Portraying A Monarch (Kings, Queens, and...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:38:00 -0400

Portraying A Monarch (Kings, Queens, and Royalty)

Don’t you all just wonder what it would feel like to live as a king or queen for a day? Like an actual ruler? Not like a dictator or a tyrant, no. This guide will cover some of the things that you’d need to keep in mind when portraying a king or a queen. Monarchs aren’t just about looking pretty with thousands of jewels and sitting on a fabulous throne and being all proper, there’s more to it. The discussion following this guide might mostly refer to the British monarchy since it is the most known to be around, other than the dukes and duchesses of some of the European countries.

Warning: Slight form of History lessons applied. You may get bored if History isn’t your favorite subject.

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I’m 22 today. :)

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:39:01 -0400

I’m 22 today. :)

5 Ways to Write Anti-Heroes Your Readers Won't Want To Kill

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:26:06 -0400

robottrees:

Anti-heroes. They’re pretty awesome, right? They have tons of attitude and don’t afraid of anything! But for those of us who aren’t teenage boys, they can get kind of obnoxious. Their power-tripping can seem over the top and their angst can seem downright whiny. So how do you write troubled characters who your readers don’t want to strangle with their own totally kewl leather jackets?

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yeahwriters: I have a big empty wall in my room and I kinda...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:43:20 -0400

yeahwriters:

I have a big empty wall in my room and I kinda just wanna do built in bookshelves and a ladder so that I can do this^ every day.

Me in a bookstore.

writersflow: 19 Wonderful Vintage School Library Posters

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:43 -0400

writersflow:

19 Wonderful Vintage School Library Posters

So I moved three weeks ago, and we only just got internet now. It’s like I’m entering a...

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:23 -0400

So I moved three weeks ago, and we only just got internet now.

It’s like I’m entering a world of wonder again. I just…so many things I missed.

On a happier note, last week I wrote 35,000 words because we didn’t have internet, soo…..

Trial by Fire is almost done.

go me.

WriteWorld: You're Not Perfect

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:23:46 -0400

WriteWorld: You're Not Perfect:

krisnoel-lionhead:

Whenever you receive harsh criticism, it can be hard to get yourself motivated again. The thing is—your writing is always going to be judged, either by people who want to help you or people who want to take you down a notch. I’ve talked before about distinguishing…

steampunktime: I think hidden rooms accessed via secret passage...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:04:51 -0400

Library with secret door from Stash Vault

Revolving shelf unit by Eckelman Brothers Construction

In The Vortex

A secret bookcase door in the library leads to the wine cellar from Su Casa Southern Homes

A hidden stash with a secret door from Quinn Creative

A Secret Passage Door via Happiness Is

Drool-Worthy Secret Passage Bookshelves via Book Riot

Holly Black’s Hidden Library

Kick-Ass Secret Passage Bookshelves

Your One-Stop Shop for Hidden Stairways and Secret Crypts via Archinect

steampunktime:

I think hidden rooms accessed via secret passage bookshelves are the ultimate in Steampunk interior decor. This is Secret Passage Bookshelf Porn. Enjoy!

Library with secret door from Stash Vault

Revolving shelf unit by Eckelman Brothers Construction

In The Vortex

A secret bookcase door in the library leads to the wine cellar from Su Casa Southern Homes

A hidden stash with a secret door from Quinn Creative

A Secret Passage Door via Happiness Is

Drool-Worthy Secret Passage Bookshelves via Book Riot

Holly Black’s Hidden Library

Kick-Ass Secret Passage Bookshelves

Your One-Stop Shop for Hidden Stairways and Secret Crypts via Archinect

littledallilasbookshelf: Yes I’m feeling sad because I don’t...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:03:57 -0400

littledallilasbookshelf:

Yes I’m feeling sad because I don’t live in LONDON.

DAUNT BOOKS.

:))

fuckyeahtattoos: Beautiful imagery. Shakespeare on my skin...

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:57:34 -0400

fuckyeahtattoos:

Beautiful imagery.

Shakespeare on my skin forever. <3

amandaonwriting: Literary Birthday - 17 May Happy Birthday,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:52:35 -0400

amandaonwriting:

Literary Birthday - 17 May

Happy Birthday, Peter Høeg, born 17 May 1957

Quotes

I start every day with meditation and then I write and then I meditate again and then I do the second writing stretch.

A novel is like a wave of tension that travels over a very long time … I think it is important not to carry with you the tension that you created in one work into the next.

Each new book, it’s a game for me. It’s like going to a carnival and dressing up.

It’s a mistake that we divide art into popular art and fine, highbrow, high-quality art. It has no basis in reality. And it is a way to keep other people and other people’s taste at a distance. It is a way of closing oneself towards some kinds of reality.

I like to play with genres and to experience the thriller and the love story and to play with reality.

There is a day of change in the life of most authors… That is the day they go from writing poems and short stories to working on a novel and writing for several hours every day… I must have been about twenty-four or twenty-five when I reached that turning point. I’d written for years before that but had never sent anything to a publisher.

My first novel took four years to write, but that doesn’t say anything about the quality or the size of the novel. It was a learning piece, an apprentice book, because writing is not just a talent but a skill. It’s something you have to learn and develop. It’s a slow process.

The book is the slowest art/media form. Everything else is very fast, but a book is very slow.

To describe what you’ve read is like explaining music in writing.

There are no fearless people, only fearless moments.

Peter Hoeg, a Danish fiction writer, published his first novel, A History of Danish Dreams, in 1988 but it was Miss Smilla’s Feeling For Snow (1992) that earned him international literary celebrity. His books have been published in more than 30 countries.

Source for Image

by Amanda Patterson for Writers Write

giantbeard: WantedLibrary

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:50:59 -0400

giantbeard:

WantedLibrary

booksdirect: I am one with my books.

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:48:04 -0400

booksdirect:

I am one with my books.

c-clavicules: little secondhand bookstore

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:47:45 -0400

c-clavicules:

little secondhand bookstore

"One hasn’t become a writer until one has distilled writing into a habit, and that habit has been..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:47:33 -0400

“One hasn’t become a writer until one has distilled writing into a habit, and that habit has been forced into an obsession. Writing has to be an obsession. It has to be something as organic, physiological and psychological as speaking or sleeping or eating.”

- Niyi Osundare (via therealkdgreen)

"Writing is sacred to me. It is, at times perhaps, a rapture, but not an easy one. I sometimes will..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:47:10 -0400

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Writing is sacred to me. It is, at times perhaps, a rapture, but not an easy one. I sometimes will question a writer who says, “I love what I do,” because “love” is not exactly the word I would use. Writing is what I know how to do, but it’s also a necessity. To me, there is not much more than the thrill of a well-told story. That’s how I make sense of my world.

It was a day thirty years ago—during tenth-grade English—when my passion for stories became hitched to a more particular ambition. It was winter, through the windows we could see snow falling outside, and our teacher, Mr. Rossiter, was talking about a poem by T.S. Eliot. I don’t remember which poem it was. I don’t remember exactly what he said about it. But I will never forget the look on his face, how his eyes lit up as he spoke about that poem with such fire that I understood that reading that poem had changed him.

I remember thinking to myself: I want to write something that makes someone feel that.

”

- Dawn Tripp (via ladysaviours)

this quote is everything.

(via retrogrammartown)

new serial post is up. sorry it took so long - too much moving. www.deathcaps-for-dinner.tumblr.com

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:37:19 -0400

new serial post is up.

sorry it took so long - too much moving.

www.deathcaps-for-dinner.tumblr.com

you know what makes me angry

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:11:37 -0400

You know what makes me angry.

That people when they talk to me go “oh you’re a writer.”

Or worse

“You wanna be a writer?”

But they don’t say it like they’re interested, but like they are literally baffled that I wanna write for a career.

“You won’t make any money that way. No one appreciates writing. Everyone wants to write. Why would you want to be a writer? What a half-assed, lazy career choice.”

Bitch please, I’m more than that.

I’m a fucking storyteller. I am continuing a ten-thousand year old tradition that dates back to when we were still figuring out fire. People used to (and some still do) love people like me. As a storyteller I’m a fucking keeper of history and the imagination. We make life a little easier to bear, teach people lessons and entertain them. We used to travel all the fuck over, bringing that little bit of joy into people’s lives. It contributed to not just the fuckin’ arts, but to all of fuckin’ society.

But that’s okay, just make it out like continuing one of the most bad-ass traditions in history that hugely contributed to, well, a lot, is just not awesome or good enough.

"The advice I continually give to young writers is this, “Learn to paint pictures with words.” Not..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:05:11 -0400

“The advice I continually give to young writers is this, “Learn to paint pictures with words.” Not just once upon a time, but … In the long secret dust of ages, beneath a blue forgotten sky, where trade winds caress the sun bleached shores of unknown realms … See, as much as there are words in poetry, there is a poetry in words. Use it, stay faithful to the path you have set your heart upon and follow it.”

- Brian Jacques (via writingquotes)

reference for writers: Location, Location, Location: The Fundamentals of Choosing a Setting

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:48:56 -0400

reference for writers: Location, Location, Location: The Fundamentals of Choosing a Setting :

writeworld:

sunshineboi94 asked: How important is location to a story? I’m asking about specific location, not setting. I know landscape, climate, and environment can all be important details but is it necessary to give an exact location to your story? Personally, I feel like it makes it…