Recent content by Bone2pick

I’m reading Shōgun right now, and though I’m less than 200 pages in, I’m very happy with it. Would you recommend the entire Asian Saga?

If you’re like me, you could, without much effort, rattle off more than a dozen influences. But I thought it might be a fun exercise, as well as a nod to Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity, to limit this thread to five. I’ve stuck with authors for my list, but if another type of artist colors your...

This morning, while reading Martin Dugard’s Into Africa, I learned the origins of the term "The Dark Continent." Excerpt: While the term later took on racial overtones, it came about because cartographers colored the unknown regions of Africa black—which, at the time, meant almost everything...

I really like parts of the opening sentence. My preference would be to streamline it into: The elegant brick and stone Georgian townhouse seemed an odd place to arrange a murder. And then drop in the location details a little later. The ghosts metaphor is cool and evocative imo, though I’m...

The "profile name" I created for Halo: Combat Evolved back in the early 2000s was 2die4. I was trying for something short and which looked cool whenever it was displayed. When I joined my first message board, a Warhammer 40k forum which no longer exists, I decided to stick with the number +...

This is a notable one imo. It’s risky, but when well-executed it can have an unforgettably stirring effect. Lonesome Dove and the Sopranos television series come to mind. Another one is the novel Vision Quest by Terry Davis, a sports drama with the climax being an emotionally charged wrestling...

I know it was discussed over on the old forum, but I would appreciate a blog-type space for my musings about writing, storytelling, genres, books, movies and similarly related subjects. I wouldn’t need anything fancy; a simple dedicated thread would suffice. A cozy spot to explore my ideas on...

I joined the old forum back in the summer of 2018. I was a little hesitant to do so, as I didn’t consider myself an actual writer. I still don’t, truthfully, because I haven’t accomplished enough to earn that title, and I most likely never will. Forever a squire, never a knight. :giggle: That’s...

Now that you mention it, creating an overly pretentious menu could be a fun writing prompt. 🤔

A thread for sharing whatever it is you’re reading right now. 📚:coffee: I already posted the handful of books I’m currently juggling over on the old forum (RIP), and I hate to repeat myself, but I guess I probably should. :giggle: They are: Shōgun (Clavell), A Spell For Chameleon (Anthony)...

Everything looks spiffy. Kudos.(y)