Tag: national novel writing month

How Can I Make My Fiction More Unappealing?

Fiction Every Bit as Appealing as Protose
Fiction Every Bit as Appealing as Protose

Early in my fictional career as a literary writer, I established milestones that would build my confidence on my way to publishing success.

The first milestone: profoundly impact at least one person with …

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Sandwich-Making and Other Subplots

Die technik des sandwich-making dramas

Die technik des sandwich-making dramas

Like all great American novels, this novel will have numerous subplots, illustrated by the plot-lines diagram, including five thousand words devoted to a sandwich-making subplot in which a sandwich is systematically assembled and unassembled multiple times until …

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Character List for November Novel

Schlafen Ahab and Other Fiction Characters

Schlafen Ahab and Other Fiction Characters

  • Gerald Freund. Protagonist. Private detective solving a mystery in the town of Romulus, Michigan. German born, he is not on good terms with his father, due to his marriage to an imaginary Turkish woman.
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Writing on Deck – The Metafiction Myth – Pt 2

Continued from Writing on Deck – The Metafiction Myth – Pt1.

After taking her pills, she went to the coffee tap (nothing beats real coffee), but when she pushed the graphical button labeled POUR, the lovely, lovely java that …

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Writing On Deck – The Metafiction Myth – Pt 1

A room full of writers writing

A room full of writers writing

Gerald entered the writing deck where many of the other guests were already busy developing his myth. Schlafen Ahab was not visible to the naked eye, but Holger Meins walked up and down and …

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Healthcare of the Old Ones, a Dental Plan

Nyarlathotep, Mighty Administrator of Ancient Health and Dental Plans

Nyarlathotep, Mighty Administrator of Ancient Health and Dental Plans
http://dominique.signoret.perso.sfr.fr/

Gerald pulled the document from Schlafen Ahab’s drawer and read:

As a member of the Old Ones community, one of the most important benefits you’ve earned is incomprehensible health care …

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Impassioned Plea by Pit Bull

Pit Bull Pleas its Humanity

Pit Bull Pleas its Humanity

Ich arf ein pit bull. Arf not a pit bull eyes? Arf not a pit bull paws, which arf bit like hands and twice as many, and mushy bits inside, senses, slobber, and a passion …

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Sorkinlogue: Dodging Skipping Zombies

Gerald, a cloned German terrorist, and a duck walked into a bar.

Copyright Gargoyle

The Zombie that Lives within Us

The clone raised his hand. “Barmann, zwei bourbons, ‘neat’.”

The German and Gerald walked briskly side by side, circling the barroom and …

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