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Writing tips from the CIA’s ruthless style manual
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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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My favorite covers

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - NKJemisin
Redeeming Stanley 2
Rex Rising
blood harvest
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
Cover art by Don Sipley
Cover art by Don Sipley
Dawn Undercover - Japanese cover
Cover_Imperatore.qxp:Layout 1
A Triumph of Souls
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uOEiGjKoL.jpg
Source: Amazon
Plain Jane
the book of deacon
Infidel - kameron hurley
The Hobbit
Chinese edition
http://lucidflux.deviantart.com/art/The-Ocean-at-the-End-of-the-Lane-462803837
By Laura Ketcham
bcc18-hour-of-dust-and-ashes
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
Illustration by Getty Images; Cover by Jan Biberg
Illustration by Getty Images; Cover by Jan Biberg
Snow Art - Simon Beck
Child of the Ghosts
http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/63963684820/gto12llll
a diamond
Cover art by Jon Foster
Cover art by Jon Foster
0b4b8-blackveil_b
Cover artist: Sarah Ann Langton
Cover artist: Sarah Ann Langton
Land of Shadows
The Last Swordmage
Transformation space 1
Artist: Byron Brown
Artist: Byron Brown
Pursuit
freedomcover2-13
http://covers.booktopia.com.au/big/9780575079540/bone-song.jpg
http://covers.booktopia.com.au/big/9780575079540/bone-song.jpg
https://www.coverkicks.com/
https://www.coverkicks.com/
Asimov, Isaac: Foundation series
Social Psychology - Aronson Wilson Akert
Much Obliged Jeeves
http://www.lesedwards.com/Edward-Miller/science-fiction/railsea/16716
Artist: Les Edwards at lesedwards.com
Legenden om Hurog
Source: Amazon
Source: Amazon
A-Memory-of-Light-cover-670x444
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
The Gate of Gods - Martha Wells - French edition
Long Lankin - Lindsey Barraclough
Океан в конце дороги, Нил Гейман
http://www.lectur-addicts.fr/uploads/482
http://www.lectur-addicts.fr/uploads/482
Illustrator: Brigitte Sutherlands
Illustrator: Brigitte Sutherlands
Goblintown justice
wild-magic-UK-hb-500
Altdorf
green_rider__cover_art_by_pallanoph-d3j5tne
Draw One in the Dark
Shadow of the Sun
Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett - UK edition
Torgs First Death
A Turn of Curses
BridgesCityofDreamsA
Over the Horizon
c3018-mercythompsonbook
Shiv Crew
7156_TB_Pastworld.indd
http://ec4.images-amazon.com/images/I/81M8%2BssUJdL.jpg
http://ec4.images-amazon.com/images/I/81M8%2BssUJdL.jpg
The Necessity of Man, 2012
Born of Fire, 2012
Luis-Royo-Dreams-Ties-of-Power
World After
http://lamilanabonita.com/2015/02/18/el-oceano-al-final-del-camino-de-neil-gaiman/
a hand for each
Pratchett, Terry: Rincewind
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VzyK-pXkL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VzyK-pXkL.jpg
captain's fury
Cast in sorrow without text
Carnivores of Light and Darkness
The House
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
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91oJNXK%2B4EL.jpg
German edition
Shadowbloom - Sullivan brothers
RAPTURE - Kameron Hurley
uten navn
Hunting the Five
24 Bones - Michael F Stewart
sign
Seraphina, 2012
cdc0e-aaron_spiritsend-tp
Madlands - French cover
Eugène_Delacroix_-_La_liberté_guidant_le_peuple
http://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/146428/k-w-jeter/madlands
http://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/146428/k-w-jeter/madlands
Russian Very Good Jeeves
Source: Glendalarke.com
Source: Glendalarke.com
Het lied van de aarde, Elspeth Cooper
Drinking life
Rifkind's Challenge - Lynn Abbey
The First Spark, Independent (2016)
http://conceptartworld.com/?cat=10
http://conceptartworld.com/?cat=10
Hardship - Jean Johnson - Gene Mollica
the-republic-of-thieves-by-scott-lynch-new-uk
Polis - Jo Nesbø - Svensk
Shaedes-of-Gray
Death Has a Name
A Wild Hunt
WolfsHeadWolfsHeart-pb
Assured Destruction - Micheal F Stewart
http://readery.co/9786169187301
House of Mere
Cover art: Laura Hollingsworth
Cover art: Laura Hollingsworth
Nightshifted
Bajo la Hiedra - Elspeth Cooper
Bitterwood
Moon Over Soho - deviant art - delrayspectra
C & R Crime; New Ed edition (2007-04-26)
Little Girl Lost
Gaiman, N. (2013). Ocean at the end of the lane.
Into the Valley
Madlands - Italian cover
Cover illustration by Amandine LaBarre
http://amandine.labarre.free.fr/chasseurssorciers.jpg
highkingstomb
http://julienalday.blogspot.no/2011/10/n193-when-we-were-executioners.html
http://julienalday.blogspot.no/2011/10/n193-when-we-were-executioners.html
Artemis Fowl Chinese cover
Illustrated by Mathia Arkoniel
Illustrated by Mathia Arkoniel
http://simania.co.il/bookimages/covers0/8631.jpg
http://simania.co.il/bookimages/covers0/8631.jpg
Djinnxd
Confederation
Alexa's Travels
Hilda - Snow White Revisited
Cover art by Steve Montiglio
Cover art by Steve Montiglio
A Flight of Thieves
The Language of Power
The Death of Jonas Wakefield
McDermott, J.M.: Never Knew Another
http://epl.delfi.ee/news/kultuur/raamatukatkend-neil-gaiman-ja-tee-lopus-on-ookean?id=67595986
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608007399206880798&pid=1.7
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608007399206880798&pid=1.7
Illustrated by Marcellus Shane Jackson
Illustrated by Marcellus Shane Jackson
Hemlock
Birth Marked
Plague town
GermanOnceBitten
Cover art by Nekro
Cover art by Nekro
Wild Magic; London, Scholastic Point, 2004
Through Wolf's Eyes
http://steniosantos.deviantart.com/art/The-Ocean-at-the-End-of-the-Lane-435034900
By Stênio Santos
Source: Glendalarke.com
Source: Glendalarke.com
Demon Isle
Gaiman, N. (2013). The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
Nocturnal Origins
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iTXerlFrL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
Source: amazon.com
A Space Between 2
Apocalypto
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Cover with text
Cover illustration by Amandine La Barre
http://amandine.labarre.free.fr/vaisseauxduciel.jpg
Cover illustration by Alan Gutierrez
Cover illustration by Alan Gutierrez
Raventide - TA Miles
the weight of blood
Dead Iron, 2011
thief_of_time__terry_pratchett_by_marcsimonetti-d2z6fuv
hawkcover2orange
Dark Earth - Jason Halstead 2
We Leave Together - JM McDermott
http://deborahharkness.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CoverGermanTranslationofTBOL.jpg
http://deborahharkness.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CoverGermanTranslationofTBOL.jpg
waiting game
A soldier's duty
Stories
Moon Dance
The wise man's fear marc simonetti
The Diamond Bearer's Destiny
Bone Song
Jeeves and Wooster
Artist: Herbert James Draper
Artist: Herbert James Draper
Polícia - Jo Nesbø - Slovak
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - French cover with text
Angela of Troy
Polícia - Jo Nesbø - Slovak 2
Isbn: 9788852036545
http://alessandria.bookrepublic.it/api/books/9788852036545/cover
Artist: Matthew Stewart
Artist: Matthew Stewart
Book design by Nicole de las Heras
Book design by Nicole de las Heras
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Cover by Donato Art
Artist: Caitlin Willey
Artist: Caitlin Willey
The Chermasu by Brian Patrick McKinley
http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/discworldpages/discworldnovels/colourofmagic.htm
http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/discworldpages/discworldnovels/colourofmagic.htm
pieces of eight
http://www.kylepaints.com/
Artist: Kyle Scott
Blood Brothers
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Magic-at-the-Gate-5-e1352909080304
The Last Swordmage
An Unexpected Apprentice
English cover
shadewright
Smite Me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holme_(TV_series).jpg
Tracking the Tempest
Hellstrom's Hive, 1973
http://www.bookkaholic.com/what-should-i-read-next/the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-by-neil-gaiman/
Jingo
Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn - Arrow Books
Łowcy czarnoksiężników (Polish title); translated by Sylwia Twardo
Łowcy czarnoksiężników (Polish title); translated by Sylwia Twardo
Academ's Fury 1
http://media.comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-gaiman.jpg
http://media.comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-gaiman.jpg
Demonsouled
Staying Dead - Laura Anne Gilman
Twice Dead, German cover, 2013
Monstrous regiment
http://elisabethcrabtree.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/final-final-cover-23.jpg
http://elisabethcrabtree.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/final-final-cover-23.jpg
Sourcery
lady_of_devices_shelleyadina_cover_500x800
Delightfully Twisted Tales Kindle cover
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ghDMIzVL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ghDMIzVL.jpg
Strata
Oath of Swords
__lords_and_ladies___by_marcsimonetti-d2znyqf
Linkin_Park-Meteora-Frontal
Eric
Plain Jane - 3
http://www.tor.com/2014/09/24/midway-relics-and-dying-breeds-seanan-mcguire/
Artist: Theo Prins
Ros Jackson
on dark shores
the hunt
Happy Slumbers
The Code of the Woosters - Russian Cover
Crossfire
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Polish cover with text
The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
The Christmas Caper by Christopher Bunn
Tolkien, J.R.R.: The Lord of The Rings (1954-1955)
The Wizard Hunters - Martha Wells - German Cover
ShapeshiftedFinal
crucible by jim burns
A-Forthcoming-Wizard-150841-d4902f8679c2f83a8362

Use public libraries

Adventure Animals Art Autism / Aspergers Autobiography Biography Children Fantasy Fiction Films / movies General History Horror Humour LGBTQ+/GRSM Music Mystery Myths OCD - Obsessive compulsive disorder Poetry Quote Reading together Reblogged Romance Science Science Fiction Short story/novella Thriller Western Young Adult

Favorite artists

  • Allison Chin
  • Amazing15 Studio
  • Amy Clare Learmonth
  • Andreea Cernestean
  • Ann Bui Ngyuen
  • Benjamin Carrè
  • Christian McGrath
  • Cliff Nielsen (facebook)
  • David Palumbo
  • David T. Wenzel
  • Elena Dudina
  • Georgi Markov
  • Greg Bridges
  • James Draper
  • Josh Kirby
  • Julie Bell
  • Keith Parkinson
  • Larry Elmore
  • Larry Rostant
  • Luca Oleastri
  • Luis Royo
  • Marc Simonetti art
  • Marcellus Shane Jackson
  • Mathia Arkoniel
  • Matt Page
  • Michael Gauss
  • Michael Whelan
  • Rodney Matthews
  • Sharon Tancredi
  • Steve Montiglio
  • Steve Stone
  • Thomas Canty

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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)

    Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. 1959

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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.”

    Shattered Destiny (loc 19537)

    Bell, Odette C. The Betrothed & Shattered Destiny. 2015

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