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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

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

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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.”

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