You can judge this book by its cover

 Take a peak at this above cover of "Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century" by Carl Schoonover



 This book is is filled with brilliantly vivid full sized images and essays from scientists on the topic.  This looks like the most intriguing non-fiction I have seen in the while.     Perhaps it is because of the sheer beauty of it, or maybe it's because it is really about some interesting stuff- our minds, which most people tend to forget are inherently different than our brains.  This could be an interesting read, it's definitely an interesting topic. 


Read the New York Times review

"...someone who in broad daylight has just stolen your cookies."

I "stumbled upon" this expert from "The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy one Last Time" by Douglas Adams today and thought it was pretty amusing.   See below:

Best novel lists plus most interesting looking novel

Just happened to come across Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list.  Here's the link for those who haven't already seen it.    What do you think?  Agree Disagree? Couldn't help to notice that LOTR (for all the readers who aren't nerds that stands for Lord of The Rings) was number four on the reader's top 100.  I have to admit I was pretty happy with that decision along with the decision to include On the Road on both fiction lists!


 Also:
I  saw this link on Emmett Stinson's blog today, and well this book definetly looks one of a kind.  Check it out here. 

Is anybody out there?

Well it's pretty hard to get make a good blog now-a-days.  Probably because there are so many good ones already out there. All my teachers at SUNY New Paltz have been encouraging us to become more active in the blogging world, so that is what I am attempting to do. I have not only trying to make a good blog I have been searching around all day through a bunch of creative writing blogs and I came upon a bunch of interesting ones. 
Take a peak at my some of my competitors blogs. 

Forum link

Great community forum for aspiring writers.  www.webook.com.  Has anyone been using it?   Seems promising.  But is worth another username and password? 

Must read short stories

Sometimes the best cure for writers block is reading a good short story. There are so many out there, and every year so many new anthologies of short stories release.
According to The Daily Beast these are the 5 Must-Read Short-Story Collections. There top picks includes work from Jabari Asim, Robin Black, Dawn Raffel, Marisa Silver and Tiphanie Yanique.

Stuck on a Story? Check this site out.

When it comes to fiction writing, it can get tricky. The worst feeling in the world is finishing a short story and feeling like something is missing, or not being able to finish it at all.
While searching around the web I found this website that has good tips for writing a great short story and felt I had to share it with the world. It has some good tips for creative writing, including character building, short story form, and so check it out!


8 Unstoppable Rules for Writing Killer Short Stories