2011-04 ~ My Reading Lounge

2011-04-30

The Cliff

2011-04-30 No comments

Many things come in threes...let's hope they are good! This is my third one-shot and it won the "O is for Originality, C is for Creativity" contest! Please, read and review and spread the news, thanks!The Cliff by Raum Summary: "The most important person of her life is not going to come back. She's going to jump off a cliff. A young woman in her darkest moment." "From the cliff, the view seems to stretch on forever. Forever."...

Guest Post/2: Camilla presents Maniac Motherland

2011-04-28 1 comment

You are an author posting on FanFiction.net and your stories address controversial issues with passion and compassion. Then the Hate Brigades, which are very active on that site, start harassing you with such venom as to make your life impossible, as to take out all the pleasure you find in writing and in the fanfiction community. So you pull out all your stories and think to stop, but then you discover that The Writers Coffee Shop might offer you sanctuary. So you start re-posting your work there, because there, at least, there is a way to trace back hate mail senders. Yes, this is what happened to Maniac Motherland and she is an author not...

Writing Lab: a lesson from Savage on chapter structure

2011-04-26 4 comments

As anticipated in a previous writing post, Savage is so brilliant and inspiring that, with her works, she elicits many questions about her writing process. She's also extra kind and thorough in her answers! This time we can discuss the chapter structure and, in particular, we are going to focus on chapter title, ending and start:chapter title: Savage uses a similar structure for her titles; e.g. in her story Unexpected Circumstances, the first three chapters are: 1. Covertly Strike2. Guardedly Celebrate3. Timidly Endeavor what can you notice? chapter ending: let's read the first three chapters of another story by Savage, Hide and Drink; these...

Interview/3: troublefollows1017 (and a new blinkie!)

2011-04-19 14 comments

She's the lovely author of a fic that is over 10,000 reviews! We meet, with her new chapters, every week, in the same day. Today's guest is Troublefollows1017 and we'll talk aboutFridays at noon, by troublefollows 1017 Summary: "Edward Masen's life intersects with Bella's at the restaurant he dines at for lunch every Friday. He's handsome, arrogant, and is used to avoiding love. She isn't impressed by the things that usually have women falling at his feet. AH/AU." Don't miss it! Why? Let's see it together... Raum: You're currently writing...

Writing Lab: a lesson from Cesca Marie

2011-04-13 3 comments

I had the pleasure to review Cesca Marie's most known work (in the Twilight fandom), Dead on my feet, on this blog; then I read also other short stories by her and I found all of them absolutely amazing. I love the way she can make her readers laugh and cry on the same page, the way she develops her characters, her witty and insightful dialogues...I believe that she could give inspiring answers to so many different writing questions! This time, let's discuss with her the opening hook of a story. I guess that the following post will be surprising not only because of the rich and various contents that Cesca Marie put in it, but also because it's...

Interview/2: Camilla (and a new blinkie!)

2011-04-09 2 comments

Today we grab a coffee (an Italian espresso, of course) with Camilla (aka Camilla10). She's written over 15 stories for Twilight and she's a precious milestone of this blog! Her stories have been recently nominated for the Sunflower Awards and for the Faithful Shipper Awards. Her most known work isThe Parachutist by Camilla10 Summary: "This is an AU historical novel with vampires, set in Italy during WW II. Edward Masen, an American paratrooper, meets Bella and loves her passionately, until two Volturi warriors..." Don't miss this author's...

Writing Lab: a lesson from Bratty-Vamp

2011-04-07 3 comments

I discovered BrattyVamp with Abbracciare il cantante, that is still one of my faves, due to its surprising plot and the way the author portrayed Edward. Then I've read Toye and I couldn't believe that both these stories had been written by the same author. The ending of Toye was as surprising as a punch to the gut (it's a very dark and extremely OOC story, you're warned). Lately I enjoyed The Best Man; it's an AH and the author caught my attention with the way she manages to insert excerpts from the characters' past along the main plot. So I asked her (thanks to Twitter) to tell us more about her writing experience regarding digressions. The...

The Moon over Volterra

2011-04-03 No comments

It's new, it's short, it's complete and...it's my second! Please, read and review and spread the news, thanks! The Moon over Volterra by Raum Summary: "A night in Volterra. Carlisle's musings under the moonlight. Memories, dreams, regrets and a new perspective, discussed with an unique companion." "Everyone is asleep in Volterra; or, at least, everyone who can do it.A man walks....