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Authors Corner

 

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Welcome to the paper!

 

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INTRODUCING THE WEEKLY VARROCK LIBRARY NEWSPAPER!

 

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The coffee shoppe presents the first issue of the Varrock Library Newspaper! The first weekly place to look for stories, reviews, writing talks, retrospectives, book suggestions, and more!

 

Every issue will focus on something different, usually placed at the top of the paper. This week though, the newpaper is solely focused on showing the reader what this is all about.

 

Sit back, relax, and if you want to submit articles, become a member of the papers crew, or want to help spread the word, go to the bottom of the page.

 

 

 

--------NEW TO THE LIBRARY------

 

Castle Wars Story-Guy

 

New Genres/Styles Experiment-Andufustthebronze

 

Think-archangel

 

A Sacrificed Era-Thranon

 

Seeing is Believing-imaerehw14

 

While the World Dies-Ratchet573

 

Hounding-Nom Anor

 

 

 

---------New Members--------

 

We would like to welcome

 

Thranon

 

Guy

 

imaerehw14

 

---------Missing Person--------

 

Xewleer

 

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-----Reviews-----

 

A work in progress...instead of having one person review things, it would be nice to have a couple different perspectives...next weeks review:

 

Draggoneth, Sword of all Dragons by Bluejayfan!

 

PM me your opinion and it will be featured in next weeks paper!

 

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-----Books-----

 

-----Coming Soon-----

 

(Interesting books coming out this month)

 

W.E.B Griffin-Black Ops

 

John Ringo-Honor of the Clan

 

Greg Iles-The Devils Punchbowl

 

John Ringo-Manxome Foe

 

Lisa Rogak-Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King

 

Frank Herbert-The Whipping Star

 

 

 

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-----Writing Talk-----

 

-----Authors: Stephen King-----

 

Stephen King has been one of the most influential writers of the century. He has written over fifty works, most horror, but some are fantasy and sci fi (I'm looking at the dark tower). He has influenced my works, and its mostly because of his convuluted writing.

 

My favorite book of his is called "The Shining". It is about a hotel in the Colorado mountains that closes for winter, and a man takes the job of caring for it over this period. As he does, he becomes crazy, and it seems that ghosts are making him crazy. Or are they, was it just because he was going crazy himself?

 

Most of you have probably seen the movie, but it does not compare to the sheer power of the book. It left you toying with the concept, wondering why Jack tried to kill his wife and son.

 

This has been an influence on me deeply. Leaving the reader to figure something out is a great way to make you feel somewhat involved in the story, allows you to work on background stories yourself. And when you read a book, and there are still questions in your head, you know the author did his job.

 

His Dark tower books are also a huge part of what makes him my favorite author. They mixed in with most of his books, which was really neat. Never has an author made books that were completely different, and been able to tie them together. He even included himself in the story! An amazing series that only Stephen King could write.

 

So, if you have never read a book by him, try his works. He is one of the best authors you will ever read.

 

 

 

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----Stories----

 

----Oceans----

 

As I write this on the sand

 

using blood from the back of my hand

 

I look at the neverending ocean

 

 

 

It waves come down and lap at my feet

 

It provides me with fish to eat

 

The abandoned island I stand on today

 

could easily get washed away

 

 

 

The plane crashed here several days ago

 

I was working on a travel channel show

 

The turbines sucked in a bird

 

And a whining the pilot heard

 

 

 

We crashed into the islands mountains

 

The plane created a water fountain

 

I got out nearly every bone broken

 

I got to the sand, my whole body sodden

 

 

 

Please help me I am starving bad

 

If I die I will not be too sad

 

its the way the world works, can't play with god

 

So to my cave, before night falls, I'll trod.

 

 

 

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WANT TO CONTRIBUTE?

 

If so, we can use anyone! Wanna write a story? Wanna Write a review? Wanna write a guide? Wanna do graphics? Anyone can be used! Send all submissions to me, and they will be featured in the next weeks paper, unless theirs too much, then we will wait, and you will be featured in the week after thats paper.

 

Thanks to anyone wishing to contribute!

 

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Volume 1

 

Issue 2

 

Coming next Friday

 

Submit all the articles you want!

Lisa Rogak-Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King

 

 

 

*squee* I... WANT... THAT... BOOK... OMG!!!

 

 

 

It left you toying with the concept, wondering why Jack tried to kill his wife and son.

 

 

 

*smacks with newspaper* No spoilers! I haven't read that one yet!

 

 

 

soaken

 

 

 

Don't make up words just so your poem can rhyme! :shame:

Fixed it...it was supposed to say sodden...

As for Stephen King... I rather like him. He self-parodies a lot though... One hath reached rock bottom when one hath degraded to self-parody. :roll:

I haven't read a lot of Stephen King . . . I got The Stand for Christmas and have made little headway in it. There's something about his style that just puts me off. It feels like what he wants to say gets lost in the execution. I read a scene in The Stand where a car crashes into a gas pump, and had to reread it about six times to understand exactly what happened. That's pretty much unheard of for me.

I haven't read a lot of Stephen King . . . I got The Stand for Christmas and have made little headway in it. There's something about his style that just puts me off. It feels like what he wants to say gets lost in the execution. I read a scene in The Stand where a car crashes into a gas pump, and had to reread it about six times to understand exactly what happened. That's pretty much unheard of for me.

 

 

 

I had that problem with the stand too...i never finished it because it was just so damn long and he did not write it as well as they say...he has a lot of much better books out there...

I haven't read a lot of Stephen King . . . I got The Stand for Christmas and have made little headway in it. There's something about his style that just puts me off. It feels like what he wants to say gets lost in the execution. I read a scene in The Stand where a car crashes into a gas pump, and had to reread it about six times to understand exactly what happened. That's pretty much unheard of for me.

 

 

 

Imagine a paragraph where the author describes everything the characters are doing.

 

 

 

Sam breathed evenly as he walked twenty paces down a sidewalk in Beverly Hills. He saw Mrs. Maple, who was also breathing evenly and walking her cinnamon-colored Pomeranian, Schoodles, who was prancing five feet away from her whilst breathing.

 

 

 

Now imagine that, but on the scale of an entire book! The Stand was a pain to read. I stopped about half-way though it... Note to Mr. King- Just because a book is long doesn't make it your best book ever!

 

 

 

That would be Pet Sematary, in my opinion. Either that or Desperation.

^^^Read the Shining or the Dark tower books...those are his best...

Figured out an ending for Musical Crimes that will require me to start a new series.

 

 

 

Most likely going to review Eyes of the Dragon,also by Stephen King.

 

 

 

Richard Flagg must be God in the form of Legion.

Anything and everything will be accepted for this fridays edition! Just PM me anything you want to be used in this paper! Thanks to Hawkxs for her contributions! :D