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s a writer, I feel like I’ve hit a roadblock, at least in terms of fiction writing. With all of the non-fiction type of work that I do, it becomes difficult to differentiate between good, informative writing and interesting, thoughtful fictional writing. Then I realized one of the best ways to reinforce what made fictional…
Tag Archive: reading
Seeing the Movie BEFORE Reading the Book
I am an oddity in the world of book-to-movie adaptations in that I enjoy watching a movie before reading the book. It seems I am rather alone in this preference, having only met one other person who does the same. In all honesty, many book-firsters actually try to argue with me about why I’m wrong…
Looking for Something New to Read? Check the Bargain Rack
I have a few friends who sometimes complain that they haven’t got anything new to read. Whether they can’t make up their mind about what they want, or if they just haven’t gotten any good recommendations, I have to shake my head at this. I think reading is more than just what people recommend to…
the next genesis
“The Next Genesis” is now available for pre-order from Amazon.com. This book was written by Humberto Sachs, a scientist originally from Brazil. Sachs has worked for NASA and Boeing and has significantly contributed to many airliners used today as well as the International Space Station. His first novel is a science fiction novel that incorporates…
Teaching How to Grasp, Learn and Do Reality, and What it Takes to Start Teaching Well
In the tenth chapter of his book, “The Joys of Teaching,” Antonio Torralba gives suggestion on how to go about teaching writing, reading and mathematics. In teaching writing, he comments that the difficulties in writing stem from matter and form. According to Paul Dumul, the Associate Director for Academic Formation of Southridge, the following are…
Creat Child Hood Memories
Child hood is short. Before you know it your little ones will be spreading their wings and flying away from the nest. That’s all the more reason to spend as much time with their development as you can. How? Read to them! Read with them, and now write with them. Yes, write. At bedtime stories…
“Stripped” by Brian Freeman
Jonathon Stride is a big shot detective from Minnesota. Because of his great reputation in law enforcement, Stride was promoted, forced to leave his family behind, in order to start a new job in Las Vegas, Nevada to investigate a long list of on-going murder cases. It turns out that all of the murders that…