Tag Archives: Action

FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE: PICK A CHARACTER AND GO, GO, GO

Posted on August 31, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

Hello peoples. Here’s the follow up to last week’s Flash Fiction challenge set at Chuck Wendig’s blog – Terribleminds. That one was all about writing a 250 word character description, or a short scene introducing a fresh character. THIS WEEK we’ve been given … Continue reading →

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FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE: TIME TO CREATE A CHARACTER

Posted on August 21, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

Hello all. Here’s a quick Flash Fiction bit I’ve bashed together for a challenge set on Chuck Wendig’s blog – Terribleminds. The gist of it is to write a 250 word character description, or a short scene introducing a fresh … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: TERMINATOR GENISYS. HELL YES. ALLCAPS

Posted on June 29, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

So I went to see an early screening of Terminator Genisys. I don’t normally get to the movies on a Monday night, but as an afficionado of ballsy Austrian folklores and a devoted Arnocorps rescue team member (fan), I thought … Continue reading →

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Pickled Zombies and Skull-splatting Madness. NOVELLA REVIEW: The Last Safe Place, by Rob Hart

Posted on June 23, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

I’m a simple guy. I like beer, explosions and zombies. There are other predictable predilections: bacon, beards, fantasy novels of sufficient girth to club an unsuspecting librarian into submission… Unless said librarian is a red-head with a one word, three … Continue reading →

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Mad Max: Fury Road – what a lovely film…

Posted on May 22, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

Like many people, I had my socks rocked by the epicosity that is Mad Max: Fury Road. This post will be mainly about my thoughts on the film, so I’ll put all the non- Mad Max, nonspoiler stuff at the … Continue reading →

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Short Story Review: BACKWARDS by Ernie Luis

Posted on March 8, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

Hey my humans. I’ve just finished reading the second in a series of ace short stories I bought on the ‘ZON, for only a $DOLLAR$ (Value! Cha-ching! Oh, and I didn’t know it was going to be a series when … Continue reading →

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Short Story Review: ALTERNATE by Ernie Luis

Posted on November 19, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

Hey my humans. I’ve just finished reading a singularly ace short story I bought on the ‘ZON, for only a DOLLAR (Value! Cha-ching! Oh wait, I think it’s free now…) and would like to share my recommendation. Here’s the amazon … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors #4

Posted on October 12, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

I’m back with another snippet for this WEWRIWA (Weekend Writing Warriors) thing. To meet some new authors, read some great writing, or join in the 8-sentence fun, stop by at Weekend Writing Warriors! This scene is from right near the … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Challenge: And, Action!

Posted on August 26, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

So, another fun short story challenge from Chuck Wendig’s blog, Terribleminds. This time: action. A short action tale, 1000 words, action start to finish. I’ve posted a longer version (about 2000 words) to my free short stories section, here. Here … Continue reading →

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Short stories, the editing thereof, and dialogue. A brief update

Posted on August 25, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

So, the writing is going gooood. Got a big chunk written towards the end, and I’m writing a stack of dialogue, so guess what? “What’s that, D.R?” “Well I’m glad you asked. I’m going to do a post about dialogue!” “Oh. Now?” … Continue reading →

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