If we look back at the origins of storytelling, I posit that there are two natural viewpoints from which stories can be told: the first person past tense, and the third person omniscient.
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Longitude Review
It might be decent for what it is, and you will likely learn something if you haven’t done much reading on the longitude problem before, but after the research I did for my novel, this had little new to add.
Choosing Viewpoint: The Third Person Limited
Third person limited past tense might be the single most dominant viewpoint in genre fiction today.
Magic Kingdom for Sale – Sold! Review
Magic Kingdom for Sale – Sold! is a light, somewhat escapist fantasy novel that stands well on its own, builds from an intriguing premise, and presents an imaginative twist on some of the genre’s tropes.
Choosing Viewpoint: The First Person
This first post will cover the first person past perspective and the first person present perspective, the next post will be on the third person limited past and present perspectives, and the third in the series will address the third person omniscient in past and present tense.
The Memory of Earth Review
He presents a unique culture, which we can know exists as a transient blip in that enormous history, and he gives us the Oversoul, one of the most philosophically challenging science fiction elements I’ve ever encountered.
Contraptions
Take some sensors, maybe some servomotors, and a microcontroller, write a quick program, and you're all set to do whatever it is you want to do.
The Three Musketeers Review
Don’t take the lack of character developments to mean that there is a lack of character.
New Non-Fiction Categories
There are a lot of books I read that are nonfiction, but that can mean anything from a biography to a mathematical treatise.
Landscape and Memory Review
Art criticism is hardly my usual field of interest, but it was not art that Landscape and Memory prompted me to consider. Instead, it was nature itself.
