Wanna win a Kindle?

With e-books all the rage, why not get a Kindle and join the masses?
Here's how:
Date: October 08, 2011 07:00PM
Venue: Winner can live anywhere as long as I'm told where to ship the Kindle.
Location: The United States
Description:
No Purchase Necessary
Details here: http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/130094?si=true&utm_medium=email&utm_source=event_invite

I Won A Book Contest! "POSSESS" by Gretchen McNeil

Recently, I entered a contest via http://cjredwine.blogspot.com and won a signed copy of Gretchen McNeil's novel, POSSESS.

Here are some pics:

It was sooo awesome to get this in the mail! Best Friday ever! I have already started POSSESS and I loveeee it! Will post review soon. So, keep an eye out and happy reading!


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Elements of a Short Story:

Sorry, I haven’t done a blog post in a while.(Homework does not usually involve reading book and then blogging about them or other stuff :D) But to make it up, here is a little information for writers etc. Remember, I am not a professional-all information below is what I have acquired through English classes etc. and in no way is THE way for writing, etc. (By etc I mean like drawing and stuff, because I find this information a bit helpful for that also.)

Elements of a short story:

Plot: the storyline or actions and events in a story.

Characters: The individuals in a work of fiction. They can be well developed or they can be minor characters about whom we only know 1 or 2 characteristics.

Theme: The meaning of the work of the life lesson the reader should learn after reading the story.

Conflict: The main struggles or the many struggles a character faces; without conflict there is no story.

Point of View: the angle of perception of the from which the narrator tells the story. The POV affects what a reader knows about the characters and the action of the story.

Setting: The location and time in which the story takes place. Sometimes it is simply the backdrop of the story, but sometimes it factions as a character, influencing the meaning or mood of the story.



Look out for more detailed information of each of these literary elements in blogs to come.

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