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Writing tips from the CIA’s ruthless style manual

2014-07-08 humanitysdarkerside Leave a comment

CIA gives great, and difficult to remember, writing tips.

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Cover artist: Sarah Ann Langton
Cover artist: Sarah Ann Langton
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The Wizard Hunters - Martha Wells - German Cover
Angela of Troy
http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/63963684820/gto12llll
http://www.lesedwards.com/Edward-Miller/science-fiction/railsea/16716
Artist: Les Edwards at lesedwards.com
Illustrator: Brigitte Sutherlands
Illustrator: Brigitte Sutherlands
Editing and cover design by Tim C. Taylor Cover images by KireevArt and fotola70
Editing and cover design by Tim C. Taylor Cover images by KireevArt and fotola70
Bajo la Hiedra - Elspeth Cooper
Demonsouled
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Shaedes-of-Gray
http://www.tor.com/2014/09/24/midway-relics-and-dying-breeds-seanan-mcguire/
Artist: Theo Prins
Apocalypto
Madlands - French cover
Polícia - Jo Nesbø - Slovak
Cover illustration by Amandine LaBarre
http://amandine.labarre.free.fr/chasseurssorciers.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holme_(TV_series).jpg
Staying Dead - Laura Anne Gilman
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - French cover with text
Hunting the Five
Shadowbloom - Sullivan brothers
Madlands - Italian cover
Illustrated by Marcellus Shane Jackson
Illustrated by Marcellus Shane Jackson
Altdorf
A Flight of Thieves
http://conceptartworld.com/?cat=10
http://conceptartworld.com/?cat=10
Cover art by Don Sipley
Cover art by Don Sipley
http://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/146428/k-w-jeter/madlands
http://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/146428/k-w-jeter/madlands
Cover art by Nekro
Cover art by Nekro
The Chermasu by Brian Patrick McKinley
24 Bones - Michael F Stewart
http://readery.co/9786169187301
The Gate of Gods - Martha Wells - French edition
http://epl.delfi.ee/news/kultuur/raamatukatkend-neil-gaiman-ja-tee-lopus-on-ookean?id=67595986
http://elisabethcrabtree.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/final-final-cover-23.jpg
http://elisabethcrabtree.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/final-final-cover-23.jpg
Ros Jackson
http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/discworldpages/discworldnovels/colourofmagic.htm
http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/discworldpages/discworldnovels/colourofmagic.htm
The Death of Jonas Wakefield
RAPTURE - Kameron Hurley
Shiv Crew
English cover
Gaiman, N. (2013). Ocean at the end of the lane.
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http://www.lectur-addicts.fr/uploads/482
C & R Crime; New Ed edition (2007-04-26)
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A Turn of Curses
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
the hunt
Source: Amazon
Source: Amazon
Illustrated by Mathia Arkoniel
Illustrated by Mathia Arkoniel
Shadow of the Sun
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http://simania.co.il/bookimages/covers0/8631.jpg
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Monstrous regiment
Hemlock
Seraphina, 2012
Torgs First Death
Demon Isle
Gaiman, N. (2013). The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
Artist: Herbert James Draper
Artist: Herbert James Draper
Redeeming Stanley 2
Pursuit
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Russian Very Good Jeeves
Drinking life
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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91oJNXK%2B4EL.jpg
German edition
Confederation
Het lied van de aarde, Elspeth Cooper
Cover illustration by Amandine La Barre
http://amandine.labarre.free.fr/vaisseauxduciel.jpg
Death Has a Name
Source: Glendalarke.com
Source: Glendalarke.com
The House
House of Mere
Born of Fire, 2012
Jingo
Artist: Matthew Stewart
Artist: Matthew Stewart
Illustration by Getty Images; Cover by Jan Biberg
Illustration by Getty Images; Cover by Jan Biberg
http://steniosantos.deviantart.com/art/The-Ocean-at-the-End-of-the-Lane-435034900
By Stênio Santos
Bone Song
Child of the Ghosts
McDermott, J.M.: Never Knew Another
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crucible by jim burns
The Last Swordmage
Cover art by Jon Foster
Cover art by Jon Foster
Plague town
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Hardship - Jean Johnson - Gene Mollica
Plain Jane
Pratchett, Terry: Rincewind
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WolfsHeadWolfsHeart-pb
A-Memory-of-Light-cover-670x444
A soldier's duty
World After
Draw One in the Dark
Łowcy czarnoksiężników (Polish title); translated by Sylwia Twardo
Łowcy czarnoksiężników (Polish title); translated by Sylwia Twardo
Eugène_Delacroix_-_La_liberté_guidant_le_peuple
Polis - Jo Nesbø - Svensk
the weight of blood
http://deborahharkness.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CoverGermanTranslationofTBOL.jpg
http://deborahharkness.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CoverGermanTranslationofTBOL.jpg
Cover art by David Palumbo Cover design by Rebecca Silvers Interior layout and design by Ross E. Lockhart
Cover art by David Palumbo Cover design by Rebecca Silvers Interior layout and design by Ross E. Lockhart
Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett - UK edition
blood harvest
http://www.bookkaholic.com/what-should-i-read-next/the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-by-neil-gaiman/
Cover art by Steve Montiglio
Cover art by Steve Montiglio
Wild Magic; London, Scholastic Point, 2004
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The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Polish cover with text
Jeeves and Wooster
A Wild Hunt
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VzyK-pXkL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VzyK-pXkL.jpg
http://julienalday.blogspot.no/2011/10/n193-when-we-were-executioners.html
http://julienalday.blogspot.no/2011/10/n193-when-we-were-executioners.html
Sourcery
Jacket illustration by Paul Kidby
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/The_front_cover_of_the_book_Raising_Steam_by_Terry_Pratchett.jpg
An Unexpected Apprentice
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http://media.comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-gaiman.jpg
Moon Over Soho - deviant art - delrayspectra
http://lucidflux.deviantart.com/art/The-Ocean-at-the-End-of-the-Lane-462803837
By Laura Ketcham
The Christmas Caper by Christopher Bunn
Nightshifted
Long Lankin - Lindsey Barraclough
ShapeshiftedFinal
The Last Swordmage
captain's fury
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Cover by Donato Art
Bitterwood
Blood Brothers
The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
Plain Jane - 3
pieces of eight
Stories
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - NKJemisin
Moon Dance
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Tolkien, J.R.R.: The Lord of The Rings (1954-1955)
Dawn Undercover - Japanese cover
Raventide - TA Miles
Academ's Fury 1
Eric
http://covers.booktopia.com.au/big/9780575079540/bone-song.jpg
http://covers.booktopia.com.au/big/9780575079540/bone-song.jpg
Birth Marked
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Dark Earth - Jason Halstead 2
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Cover with text
Artist: Caitlin Willey
Artist: Caitlin Willey
Happy Slumbers
The wise man's fear marc simonetti
http://lamilanabonita.com/2015/02/18/el-oceano-al-final-del-camino-de-neil-gaiman/
Infidel - kameron hurley
A Triumph of Souls
waiting game
Land of Shadows
Djinnxd
bcc18-hour-of-dust-and-ashes
Isbn: 9788852036545
http://alessandria.bookrepublic.it/api/books/9788852036545/cover
Social Psychology - Aronson Wilson Akert
Nocturnal Origins
Legenden om Hurog
a diamond
Chinese edition
Smite Me
Goblintown justice
Over the Horizon
The First Spark, Independent (2016)
GermanOnceBitten
http://www.kylepaints.com/
Artist: Kyle Scott
Artemis Fowl Chinese cover
A-Forthcoming-Wizard-150841-d4902f8679c2f83a8362
Crossfire
sign
the book of deacon
Assured Destruction - Micheal F Stewart
We Leave Together - JM McDermott
http://www.otherland-berlin.de/tl_files/bilder/content/AUSLESE%20-%20Buecher/us-books/2013/gaiman-ocean.jpg
http://www.otherland-berlin.de/tl_files/bilder/content/AUSLESE%20-%20Buecher/us-books/2013/gaiman-ocean.jpg
A Space Between 2
Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn - Arrow Books
BridgesCityofDreamsA
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uOEiGjKoL.jpg
Source: Amazon
The Language of Power
Strata
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The Code of the Woosters - Russian Cover
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Rex Rising
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iTXerlFrL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
Source: amazon.com
Delightfully Twisted Tales Kindle cover
Cover illustration by Alan Gutierrez
Cover illustration by Alan Gutierrez
Alexa's Travels
Much Obliged Jeeves
Through Wolf's Eyes
Hellstrom's Hive, 1973
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a hand for each
shadewright
Into the Valley
Asimov, Isaac: Foundation series
Little Girl Lost
Artist: Byron Brown
Artist: Byron Brown
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http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608007399206880798&pid=1.7
Source: Glendalarke.com
Source: Glendalarke.com
Cast in sorrow without text
Океан в конце дороги, Нил Гейман
Dead Iron, 2011
Book design by Nicole de las Heras
Book design by Nicole de las Heras
Rifkind's Challenge - Lynn Abbey
Transformation space 1
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Oath of Swords
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The Hobbit
http://ec4.images-amazon.com/images/I/81M8%2BssUJdL.jpg
http://ec4.images-amazon.com/images/I/81M8%2BssUJdL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ghDMIzVL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ghDMIzVL.jpg
Carnivores of Light and Darkness
on dark shores
Snow Art - Simon Beck
Polícia - Jo Nesbø - Slovak 2
Cover art: Laura Hollingsworth
Cover art: Laura Hollingsworth
The Necessity of Man, 2012
Tracking the Tempest
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https://www.coverkicks.com/
Twice Dead, German cover, 2013
The Diamond Bearer's Destiny
Hilda - Snow White Revisited

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  1. No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

    (p. 1, The Haunting of Hill House)

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  2. “Life, in all its imperfect variation, was nothing compared to the scale of nothingness that made up most of the known universe.”

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