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The #Goth vs. The Gothic: What do #HorrorMovies leave out of #fiction? Visit www.kalanleitchauthor.wordpress.com

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Three Ways to tell Gothic Fiction from Horror

Ever wonder why #FreddyKrueger and #JasonVoorhees can't be Gothic? Ever been more scared by creepy stories than gory one? Click here for three ways to tell #Gothic fiction from #Horror... and add more in the comments! @NovelistsCorner

Freddy may terrify, but he’ll never creep up on you like the Count.

What’s the difference between Count Dracula and Freddy Krueger? How about the Frankenstein monster and Jason Voorhees? Ever wondered why Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a timeless classic, while Return of the Living Dead just… isn’t?

The differences are more than fangs vs. finger-knives or neck-bolts vs. hockey masks. A Victorian…

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On @EveryDayFiction, see how much readers hate my divisive #flashfiction, "All About Asses." At @sheepsheadreview, you can find my #shortstory, "Fleeting Delights." Links: www.tinyurl.com/KAb1og

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Hey, #WritingCommunity: Here are links to my story "Fleeting Delights," published by Sheepshead Review, and perhaps my most #controversial story yet, "All About Asses," by Every Day #Fiction. Consider the ending all humans share...

Some newly published fiction: In addition to my novel prequel on Wattpad or Inkitt, short story “Fleeting Delights” has been published by Sheepshead Review. You can also find what is perhaps my most controversial story to date, “All About Asses,” online from Every Day Fiction. Don’t judge too harshly until you consider the ending that all humans share…

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At www.tinyurl.com/KAb1og, the prequel to my forthcoming #novel, "Olivia Tames Terror" tells the short story of how a #teengirl will fight detention, her principal and even #greekgods for her right to #dance — view on Instagram http://bit.ly/2WC3M9b

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Olivia Tames Terror (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/aLO7yy0OfX In this prequel to the novel series, "Olivia Tames the Legends," teenage Livi's latest detention brings her head-to-head with two intruders who claim to be advance scouts from Mount Olympus. The strangers seem to take turns terrifying Livi and her friends. Phobos can scare narcissistic Queen Bee Siobhan and egotistical power-nerd Steve, but only Deimos can get under the skin of Elsie, the school's golden girl and honor-roll mainstay. When the pair begin to prey on the fears of the teaching staff, it takes someone equally frightening to lead the resistance against them. It takes a sarcastic dancer like Livi to disobey her principal. But how will Livi convince her serial pest, the obedient Kent Hwang, that he is their only hope against terror? And how will a mysterious janitor ruin Livi's plans to attend a dance academy with a full-blown incursion from Mount Olympus? Follow the team into Livi's debut novel, "Olivia Tames Olympus." All characters, settings and situations are registered by the author, K. Alan Leitch, for U.S. Copyright. "Olivia Tames Olympus" is represented by Aevitas Creative Management. Contact Rick Richter.

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Novel Prequel: Olivia Tames Terror. When gods from #mythology invade a school, they don't count on a teenage #dancer waiting on detention. This free #YA #shortstory previews my represented novel. Thx, @Steffie_squidge, for feedback

Novel Prequel: Olivia Tames Terror

When gods invade a public school, they don’t count on a teenage dancer waiting for them on detention. In this free YA adventure, Olivia Tames Terror, Livi learns her friends’ strengths and weaknesses when they take on the minor Greek gods, Phobos and Deimos. It takes a team to repel an invasion by the gods of Panic and Dread, but it takes a disobedient cynic…

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Hey, #WritingCommunity and @rebootstories: Does a true reboot annoy you less than a sequel or #revival ? Comment at www.tinyurl.com/KAb1og with your idea for #novel reboot. — view on Instagram http://bit.ly/2WKdgOO

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Reboot, Remake or Revival?

If #StarTrek and @CW_Charmed can reboot, then why not #novels? Come on, #WritingCommunity and @NovelistsCorner; visit my blog, and comment to add your best literary reboot.

Spock explains to Fake Spock why everything sucks, now.

Recently, my sister told me that J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek films are reboots, not revivals. You know the ones: where Christopher Pine replaces William Shatner, the planet Vulcan blows up and Spock logically responds by making out with Uhura? Right. Those films. My sister, who was a Trek fan even before I was, says that she can enjoy them as…

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Is #ownvoices reaching its goals in the #WritingCommunity? Could a #vampire write #Dracula? Discuss at www.tinyurl.com/KAb1og and @womenonwriting http://bit.ly/2GLbELD

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What the heck is 'Voice'?

When everyone in the #WritingCommunity seems to have a different definition of #Voice, how much of it is about #ownvoices?

He was a great author, but Bram Stoker didn’t have the voice we want to read now.

Every writer who’s submitted anything has had so sit through a stern lecture about Voice. “The Voice isn’t quite right.” “Publishers are super-attuned to voice.” Or, my personal favorite: “Your narrative has no voice.”

No voice? None? With thousands of words filling hundreds of pages it would have to at least sound…

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How the #WritingCommunity teaches #patience when waiting to be #published. www.tinyurl.com/KAb1og. #Kierkegaard waited his whole life!

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Stop Dreading the Dream: 4 reasons to keep writing

Click to learn how #WritingCommunity friend @michele_sagan 's success made me reconsider the reasons I #amwriting. #inspiration

If you want to experience every emotion in the space of a minute, just sign up to Twitter. It’s a place where writers can be abused, men can be accused, and a President can spread lies faster than any time in history. The #WritingCommunity on Twitter, though, is also a place for writers to find a support network… and one of the most supportive friends I’ve found is author Michele Sagan, who’s…

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Do #teachers know how to #write a #YA voice? See www.tinyurl.com/KAb1og to find out what @womenonwriting asked about my #shortstory, "Weak as Tissue."

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I had an #interview! Visit The Muffin @womenonwriting for my views on how silence, Starbucks and being a teacher helped me when #writing my published #YA, "Weak as Tissue." How could teaching not help with that, #WritingCommunity? I've been interviewed! Visit The Muffin for my views on how silence, Starbucks and being a teacher helped me to write my recently published YA short, Weak as Tissue. I keep reading how teaching doesn't qualify us to write YA. Really? How could it not?

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#Rewriting Crusoe's #ManFriday might make him more accurate to #history than the #WritingCommunity thinks. Read www.tinyurl.com/KAb1og

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3 Reasons to Rewrite the Marginalized

3 ways #writing #fiction stands up for #minorities in the past, present and future. @Adam_D_Jones @AngelaAckerman

Women were known to fight in Medieval battles

It wasn’t long ago that academic medievalist and author, Adam D. Jones, shut down an argument by tweeting that women played much more prominent roles in medieval society than most of us realize. Despite that contribution to history, though, our fiction would have us believe that they spent their time languishing in locked-up towers, waiting for…