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The Sordid Realities of Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright Sometimes my favorite films are the ones I find the hardest to watch. And when I say “the hardest to watch” I don’t mean films that I have trouble staying interested in but films that...
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Liz’s News of the Books
http://squidoo.com Hi guys! Sorry I’ve been away for so long, but hopefully the literary world has not gone profligate unchecked in my absence. Ah, who am I kidding? Those writers and their damn...
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Mark’s Awesome Word of the Week
scalawag Way back in the 1860s, there were Southerners who rather disliked the notion of lopping half the country off and calling it something new. They were of the thoroughly unpopular opinion that...
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Editor’s Notes #108
Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Thanks for spending another week with us here at the Jet Fuel Review blog, readers! Before we continue, I just want to remind you again that the Spring...
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Writing Advice: Descriptions
http://www.flickr.com/aberouch/ Descriptions. They’re kind of an inevitable and unavoidable aspect of writing that you’ll eventually encounter. But that doesn’t meant they’ll be simple or easy to...
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Bibliophilia: Human Combustion & The Temperance Movement
Remember that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return. Genesis 3:19 Human combustion, especially but not limited to the spontaneous variety, has always been a subject of deep fascination for me....
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Discuss: Writing Routines
http://www.flickr.com/sunlitrain Here at the Jet Fuel blog, we’ve discussed writing environments, writing setups, and writing tools. But we have not yet discussed writing routines. As I wrote about...
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Mark’s Awesome Word of the Week
mores Many have noted that there exist, in society and civilizations throughout the world, certain unwritten rules and standards that are peculiarly more significant and more pervasive than others....
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Editor’s Notes #109
Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Welcome to another editor’s notebook round-up post! I hope your week has been a great one and I hope you’ve enjoyed our posts this week. Firstly, though,...
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Writing Advice: Show, Don’t Tell
http://www.flickr.com/rorymccann One of the most important pieces of advice that any writer receives, and one of the most difficult to actually put into practice, is that you should show rather than...
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Discuss: New Punctuation Mark?
http://observatory.designobserver.com The English language is changing all the time. Some folks may not be comfortable with this change, but new technology-based words are making their way into the...
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Poem from Slate: Duy Doan
Image source: http://thisgurllovesjune.blogspot.com This week’s poem from Slate is entitled History Lesson From Anh Hai and is written by Duy Doan. As always, I encourage you to check out this poem on...
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Melton Barker & The Kidnapper’s Foil
from the credits of The Kidnapper’s Foil Earlier this month the New York Times ran a short article on itinerant filmmaker Melton Barker. Referring to the man as a “huckster” and to his profession as a...
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Liz’s News of the Books
http://squidoo.com As literary controversies go, this is the granddaddy of them all: is writing even fun? Why of course, you say? Why else would I be doing it? Never mind the alcoholics and suicides....
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Fictional Friday: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Photo courtesy of http://www.npr.org As children, we tend to love picture books; even as adults, we like seeing pictures that go along with the story because it immerses us into the environment. In...
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Editor’s Notes #110
Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Welcome to this week’s round-up of posts! I hope you had a wonderful week and I hope that you’ve enjoyed what we’ve been posting here. Of course, before...
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Writing Advice: Making Time
http://writingwhilethericeboils. blogspot.com Writing takes time. Sometimes that time is spent sitting and staring a blank screen/page while you wait for inspiration. Other times, that time is spent...
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Mike’s Horror Blog: No Strings
http://amazon.com Ramsey Campbell’s “No Strings” is a taut little horror story about Phil Linford, a radio show host. One night after his show, he finds a violinist sitting outside the station, playing...
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Discuss: Meeting Characters
http://daddy-dialectic.blogspot.com People often talk about celebrities they would love to meet. When asked what famous person they’d like to meet, most people reply with an actor or actress. Some more...
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Books on Screen: Les Misérables
Trailer courtesy of DanceOn. When something becomes as popular as Les Misérables, many people tend to forget where it originated. This popular musical, now movie, was originally a novel, written by...
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