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• Mediocre Reads and You

  By Russ Linton on August 14, 2013 • ( 7 )

  I recently signed up with Goodreads at the invitation of a friend. Yeah, I’m a bit behind the curve – again. (For those of you that use Goodreads, my author profile is online here.) Feel free to add me as a… Read More ›

• A Thank You for Supporting my Unseemly Habit of Scribbling Nonsense

  By Russ Linton on August 6, 2013 • ( 3 )

  Being a creative person is interesting. I was going to say difficult but really, it’s mainly just interesting. You have to accept the fact you are a bit different from the rest of the world (when you don’t, only then… Read More ›

• Leaving the First Circle Behind

  By Russ Linton on August 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  For an entire month I stepped away from my novel. At the beginning of July, I sent a digital bundle of what could only be described as a piece of myself to a handful of beta readers. I tried my… Read More ›

• My Thoughts on How I Wrote My First Person Novel with My Fingers on My Keyboard

  By Russ Linton on July 24, 2013 • ( 19 )

  Alternately titled “Thoughts on Writing in First Person” Having completed a novel that relies heavily on the first person point of view and having read quite a few novels that do the same, I’d like to share my experiences as… Read More ›

• Do Movies Always Need a Script?

  By Russ Linton on July 18, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Pacific Rim delivered what was promised – giant robots beating the phosphorescent guts out of giant monsters. Was this a good movie? Well, I’d call it Armageddon meets the second half of the Avengers, but minus the genius of Joss… Read More ›

• In the Works…

  By Russ Linton on July 12, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Well, I shopped around a story about a zombie until I had collected enough rejections to wallpaper my office. Okay, not nearly that many, but quite a few. Most were positive and of the rare “personal rejection” variety. For those… Read More ›

• Putting Off Your Trunk Novel

  By Russ Linton on July 4, 2013 • ( 4 )

   Our critique group after-parties have been great fodder for blog posts lately. Hopefully my fellow writers don’t mind – all names will be withheld to protect the not-so-innocent. The many accomplished and skilled writers at the table were trading stories… Read More ›

• Who am I Writing For?

  By Russ Linton on June 27, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Recently, I read a fantastic post by fellow NBWCG writer Annie Neugebauer about her take on “brutal honesty.” We had some disagreements on semantics, but overall, had a similar take on the issue. Critique should be delivered with poise and not include… Read More ›

• This is the End

  By Russ Linton on June 21, 2013 • ( 2 )

  At our weekly crit group after party, one of our genius writers (who keeps managing to stay ahead of his sworn nemesis and avoid assassination) mentioned that “The End” would be a great song to wrap up a movie. I… Read More ›

• Snicker Snack Goes My Vorpal Pen

  By Russ Linton on June 13, 2013 • ( 2 )

  My Creative Writing professor last year called my work “edgy“. A good friend at my Crit Group put it more simply – “you write some dark shit.” Even my humor has a blackness to it that may not sit well with… Read More ›

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