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Discussions on the art of narrative and exclusive fiction from Joshua Calkins-Treworgy.
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Strange Camp Fellows- Chapter 2 (opens the original)
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Chapter TwoWhenever he entered a new place, he had been taught growing up, the first thing he must do is look around and find somebody who looked like the knew the place pretty well. The thing to do was ask as many questions as he could about said new place to this person, and hope that he could remember as much as possible of what they told him. “You may have to ask several times, lad. You’re none too bright, but that’s a tradition among the men of our blood,” his father had told him many and m
Strange Camp Fellows- Chapter One (opens the original)
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[Author’s note: This is a commercially available work from yours truly, and can be purchased in full at the following link:https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Camp-Fellows-Novel-Tamalaria/dp/1602153183/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OVKH0MNGNR4G&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6wMc3rxpOwfnMoCAvsYaqXVJEdXlmnSdBFuiX7ceYmA.58Zj9cbTJ_4Ue9nbad46Jndf5ppJAuGTyzJBehBxPpQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=Strange+Camp+Fellows&qid=1790175180&sprefix=strange+camp+fellows%2Caps%2C523&sr=8-1One might wonder why on God’s green Earth I would opt to share a
Duty! Sublime and Mighty Name That Returns to Line 10... (opens the original)
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Introduction Greetings and salutations, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome once more to the half-baked and excessively curious ramblings of yours truly. Though I am far more comfortable with weaving tales of the fantastical or horrific, or scribble a bit here and there about my favorite hobbies and past times, like American football, tabletop roleplaying games and video games, I am here once more to offer a sort of thought exercise and examination of a fundamental concept among mankind: Duty. Spe
Disgrace to the Pen (opens the original)
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There are always going to be practitioners of Art who serve as prime examples of what NOT to do in terms of their chosen form. Most times, these men and women end up abandoning entirely their pursuits before they become notable, be it for good or ill, but every now and again you’ll find a few who hammered their raging mediocrity into a fine edge, and hacked their way through the thicket of barriers to a career by sheer tenacity and force of will. Talent they may lack, but like Jason Voorhees, th
The “Why Try” Generation (opens the original)
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