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

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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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