A lot of English teachers and writing professors like to talk about a writer’s voice, but few of them (at least in my experience) give a clear definition. In many ways, a writer’s voice is intuitive. As people have unique patterns of speech, they also have unique patterns in their writing. Stephen King’s writing voice […]
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” Robin Williams Reading and writing have been important to me from a young age. I started teaching myself to read when I was about two. My first brother was born, and my parents didn’t have time to read to me, which was […]
It’s a question I’ve heard several times before, and it doesn’t have a quick and easy answer. There are several reasons I enjoy the horror genre, both its consumption and its creation. So when it comes to why I like horror (and for the purpose of this blog I’m going to be referring specifically to […]
Most people, when they hear the word competition, immediately think of a great contest of will and skill, where there can be only one victor and all the rest are losers, doomed to a career of obscurity and wasting a life waiting tables just to scrape by. Quite the bleak outlook. Fortunately, it does not […]
Playing With Demons 