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How to Make a Killing Jar: Out and About!

Nov 3, 2023

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Ace Baker

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Ace Baker’s collection of 12+1 stories is published and is getting reviews! Find it on amazon.ca or amazon.com:
PNWA EVALUATIONS IN THE MAIL TODAY

Jun 11, 2013

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Ace Baker

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I just got my evaluations back in the mail today for two of the three categories I entered in the PNWA contest this year. One set was for the creative nonfiction / adult short topics category, and I scored 92% and DIDN’T MAKE FINALS! The other was for a literary novel category, and, you guessed…
TC Boyle Week: #2–STRONG SOUND IMAGERY

Jun 10, 2013

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Ace Baker

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Writers often use imagery–appealing to the senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch–to help create a mood. While examples of stunning sight imagery abound, it’s rare to find stellar examples of the others. Today, let’s look at another short passage from T. C. Boyle‘s short story, “The Night of the Satellite”: A truck went blatting…
TC Boyle week: #1–a story starter for you!

Jun 10, 2013

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Ace Baker

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This week at fighttowrite.com, we’re going to check in with short story writer extraordinaire, T. C. Boyle, via his short story “The Night of the Satellite.” Let’s begin with the beginning: What we were arguing about that night–and it was late, very late, 3:10 A. M. by my watch–was something that had happened nearly twelve…

How to Make a Killing Jar: Out and About!

PNWA EVALUATIONS IN THE MAIL TODAY

TC Boyle Week: #2–STRONG SOUND IMAGERY

TC Boyle week: #1–a story starter for you!