On this date, September 22nd, in medieval history: 530 – Death of Pope St. Felix IV 530 – Boniface II and Dioscorus both consecrated as pope simultaneously, resulting in a schism in the Catholic church 1241 – Death of Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician
Nine.frenchboys.net – An interesting site with all kinds of random generators, including: Medieval Name Generator Fantasy Name Generator Character Description Generator Place Name Generator City Generator Stronghold Creator Fantasy Place Name Generator Fantasy Novel Titles Plot Twist Generator And more … Some of these could be good starting points for… Read More »Name Generators (Includes Medieval and Fantasy Name Generators)
FullBooks.Com is another site that provides the entire text of thousands of books online. A few days ago, I posted about ReadPrint.com, a similar site that offers novels and short stories and poetry. FullBooks.com has more than just fiction, and it’s catalog is huge. One thing I don’t like is… Read More »FullBooks.Com
I’ve been reading up on sites like Associated Content to determine if it’s worth a writer’s time and effort to submit content to these types of sites. Associated Content (AC) is a Web site where you can earn money by submitting content, whether text or photos or video or whatever.… Read More »Is Associated Content a Scam?
My site was having some database issues last night, so if you visited the site and saw an error page, that is what was happening. My host has resolved the problem now, and everything looks good. Sorry for the inconvenience.
The Forbidden Library has a list of books that have either been challenged or banned, whether currently or at some point during the past. This list includes novels such as: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Cantebury Tales Catcher in the Rye Don Quixote Fahrenheit 451 Grapes of Wrath Hamlet King… Read More »The Forbidden Library
On this date, September 17th, in medieval history: 879 – Birth of Charles III (The Simple), King of France 1179 – Death of Saint Hildegard of Bingen 1271 – Birth of Wencenslaus II, King of Bohemia
911 Writer’s Block: An interactive site to help you break writer’s block. Press a number for help with a particular area of writing. Exercises include: settings, characters, dramatic entrances, dialogue, commiserate, verbs, calisthenics, killing off a character, endings, and more. *image retrieved from associatedcontent.com, credit to Writer’s Association
A while back, the Modern Library composed a list of the 100 greatest novels of all-time. Its top ten included: ULYSSES by James Joyce THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov BRAVE NEW WORLD… Read More »100 Best Novels List