The Literary Noob.

Vast. Improbable. And contentedly so.

[radishboy]

it’s been a while since I’ve wanted to bang a book character as much as I wanna bang Hiro Protagonist

[vintar]

old and busted: werewolves

new hotness: were everything else

[zerozaki]

i read someone to cuttle it was okay random gay cuttlefish team up on this one human dude

[boyswanna-be-her]

serial-cereal-eater pls respond

[serial-cereal-eater]

hm these are potentially more clever than the dinoerotica. i get paid thursday, i will download one or two for review then.

[iterativeimprovement]

n00bishdelight

there is an opportunity here

[n00bishdelight]

This just made my day.  I would totally read these, not because of genuine interest in the subject matter, but because of sheer morbid curiosity.

[n00bishdelight]

Book-signing at Eastlake Tavern+Bowl! Come join us for beer and free food, yizzaaaaaaaah! A book will be raffled as well.

[n00bishdelight]

Welcome to LonePine, Wyoming, where the best of the American west faces off against the rise of the undead. It’s a love story for the ages.

Worlds collide when a broke cowboy and a glamorous big city reporter fall lipstick over boot heels in love. But she carries a 2,000-year-old secret in her veins that will test their unusual romance.

Saddle up for a hilarious, existential gallop through the dying west with an army of ancient bloodsuckers in hot pursuit!

[nanowrimo]

3 Ways to Let Your Writing Fly

Camp NaNoWriMo 2014 has officially launched! Whether you’re writing a new novel, tackling a screenplay, or finishing an existing piece of work, Camp is a writing free-for-all. For those of you still on your publishing journey, editor Holly Brady shares why it’s crucial to let go of your writing… and start something new:

When I was a young writer, I was given a piece of advice that has proved to be quite true: what separates professional writers from amateurs is that professional writers know how to let go of their writing.

What does it mean to let go of your writing?

Of course, you want to revise your first draft. You want to deepen your characters, sharpen motivation, fix the plot, and polish the imagery. But there comes a time when you also must give up the control you’ve tried so hard to maintain through the writing process. You must loosen your grip. Specifically, you need to:

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[n00bishdelight]

I posted notes from some of the workshops at the Southern California Writers' Conference!

[mumblingsage]

Proofreading.

On the one hand there’s this great feeling of accomplishment as you snag each lingering error.

On the other hand, the lurking terror as you realize you didn’t catch that one before, how many others are there that you never will catch? 

[n00bishdelight]

Homicide John - Kindle edition by C.E. Paul. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Homicide John.

My short story, "Homicide John", is available as a FREE download from Jan 5-9.  I'd love for you to check it out!  I wish I could make it free forever (it's only about 1,700 words), but I will definitely make it such as often as I can.  It was my first time publishing to Amazon, so learning as I go....

[n00bishdelight]

Homicide John - Kindle edition by C.E. Paul. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Homicide John.

A couple years ago I wrote a little zombie short story.  Finally decided to test out the self-publishing feature on Amazon.  I know, I'm late jumping on the bandwagon.

[n00bishdelight]

Word Aversion.

I have this “thing” that I do.  I have a dozen—or perhaps 2 dozen—RSS feeds set up to track the news.  Most of it is science and technology-related.  I’m too lazy to go searching for it, you see.  I make it come to me.  Every few weeks or so, I click on one of the feeds and then do a search for “robot.”  Then I leisurely peruse the articles relating to robots.  Some are dumb.  Some are interesting.  Some are meh, and some are mind-blowing.  But the one word I see a TON of is “drone.”  Drone this, drone that…drones here, drones there, everywhere a drone-drone.  The word is so ubiquitous and overused that it just started getting annoying.  It has become the cool catchword that everyone and their mom has started to abuse.  I mean, most consumer "drones" are just fancy remote-control helicopters, for God's sake.  And those have been around forever. So I made it my mission, my persistent goal, to absolutely NOT use that word in my book (which is difficult, considering it deals with futuristic technologies).  It has gotten to the point where the mere mention or sight of it makes me want to do something violent.  Like throw something.  I’ve added it to the list of words I dislike.  The word “moist” is also on that list. I can’t stand that word.  Anyone else have any irrational aversions to certain words?

(Not an entirely relevant comic, but I just love the little Walter White/Heisenberg pork pie hat.)

[n00bishdelight]

Check it out, a writer friend of mine released a book today. Yippee!  If you like sci-fi thrillers, check it out!  Available on Kindle and paperback from Amazon.

[n00bishdelight]

Check it out!  It's my friend's epic cover release for her debut novel!

[n00bishdelight]

For the Horde! #BlizzCon (at Anaheim Convention Center)

[churn-almighty-deactivated20190]

[gloomyteens]

IS THIS LEGAL

[n00bishdelight]

My Fancy-Pants Website

So...

I updated my blog with my website, but I didn't actually post that I have a website now.  It's a little bare-bones at the moment, but I expect things might begin snowballing as the year ends.

Check it, yo!

http://www.cepaulwrites.com/

[n00bishdelight]

Are you going to the scwc tomorrow?

No, sorry :( I wish. But I'll be at the one in San Diego in February!

[n00bishdelight]

Oh God, I'm in heaven...