Recent content by Filk

If you want Sabbath worship, check out Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats for sure - nothing else has come so close. The album "Blood Lust" is a personal favorite. Also, check out Electric Wizard; Electric Funeral and The Wizard were the influences for the band's name.

I posted a short short to the showcase so that you can taste my flavor. hehe

Haven't posted in while. I've been writing a bit, though, and I want someone to read some of my short stories and provide helpful feedback. If things go well, I have a novel I might end up editing and another that I am writing with a friend on google docs and is nearing the climax. That being...

Will Your Novel Be a Best Seller? Ask This Super Accurate Algorithm A friend linked this over to me. Pretty interesting stuff.

Pioneers of drone metal. Great background music.

wait, an '05 is an old car? So that would make my '94 Corolla a relic? Maybe I should drive it to a museum hehe. And Chilari is right you know. The world needs more goats.

Thanks for your help guys! BWFoster - thanks for the clarification. I figured that was the case, but wanted to be sure.

Hello! I have a simple grammar question. Does a spoken phrase count as an independent clause? Should there be a comma after muttered in the following: "I'm quite thankful," Filk muttered and he curled up by the fire. I'm editing and have encountered this a few times. Would it be best to...

Well, I've read The Lathe of Heaven, The Dispossed, a collection of short stories, and I'm halfway through Tehanu. I didn't find her work preachy; feminism and anarchy are themes in her works for sure, but she doesn't beat you over the head with them. I actually felt that her Buddhist or Taoist...

Star- or cloud-steppers.

I'm with Steerpike on this one. The Copyeditor's Handbook doesn't mention using italics at all, just indenting the extract.

I feel like if you've already developed a voice and style as a writer, then revision has little to do with tightening or loosening the text. If you like it tight, then your story should already be tightly written. There are instances where you may shave or expound, but the story should already...

In somewhat particular order: 1. Robin Hobb - still gets first place even though The Rain Wild Chronicles was kind of a let down. 2. George RR Martin 3. Raymond E. Feist 4. Robert Jordan 5. Brandon Sanderson 6. John Marco 7. JRR Tolkien 8. Troy Denning 9. Megan Lindholm (I may be cheating here...

I love Hemingway; he probably has had the most profound influence on writing style. I take the quote as more of bit of inspiration, although perhaps it reflects method. It seems to say to me that one can write a first draft without fear of it being awful, because it is inevitably going to need...

Thanks folks! I can deal with preachy as long as the caliber of her writing is similar. She has a simple profundity that I enjoyed. Finished the book last night and think I'll give the rest of her works a try. Many tanks roll out for the suggestions. The Lathe of Heaven is an awesome title...