by kingdompen | Apr 19, 2017 | Poetry
By D.G. Snapper There once was a man from Vain His life was focused on gain He worked for his wants It pleased him just once And his countenance was blank as a pane There once was a girl from Vain Her escape came only from feign She laughed and she tried Only it was a...
by kingdompen | Apr 17, 2017 | Articles, Style
Readers can't relate to a story without narrative description. It happens in a vague world of shadows and smoke that readers have never visited—a world of floating voices and gunshots (splitting the silence, probably) but no real physical matter. It fails to...
by kingdompen | Apr 14, 2017 | Articles, Characters
It’s possible you were taken aback at the title of this article. Maybe you once read a novel about happy people doing happy things in a happy world that caused you to cry in agony and run as fast as you could in search of a caged fight. Love means nothing ever...
by kingdompen | Apr 12, 2017 | Poetry
By Bethany Vela Lost in thought, lost in mind, Trapped in a page of written lines. Can’t break free; Would I even want to? I have a story to tell, Let me tell it to you. The night is late; I cannot sleep. I will not dream, I will not eat. Without the words, I am...
by kingdompen | Apr 10, 2017 | Articles, Style
By Daeus LambI've read approximately 60 percent of the Sherlock Holmes collection, and it's hard for me to decide which book I like best. From a writer's perspective, however, the choice is obvious. Filed under The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is an obscure mystery...