My favorite genre is non-fiction, and I’m always looking for exciting/informative books that aren’t totally dry.
Some of my most enjoyed books have been: American Kingpin, Deep, Born to Run, Being Mortal, Bad Blood, In Harm’s Way, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Into Thin Air, and Kitchen Confidential.
Can you recommend a similar kind of read?
EDIT: Thank you all so much! I have a long list of books I want to read now—most of them are books I’d never even heard of until you suggested them!
I read foundation recently and the "capitalist realism" of it kind of ruined my mental image of what a galaxy spanning civilisation would be capable of
All of the kids in the city (??) bring knots to him to untie because he's so good at it, and there's a famous knot at like a pizza place that's a "Gordian knot" which no one's ever been able to figure out, but he spends like a month teasing apart. All the other kids also tell him that he won't be "the fastest" until he beats some guy that may or may not be named Mars Bars? I feel like the cover has a pair of shoes on it. Also he grows up with an African-American family which took him in iirc. Please help me it's driving me crazy. I read it in fifth grade, I think, and it did seem age appropriate.
Cold Open Stories has launched its latest fan fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Was it worth it?'* focusing on the aftermaths of the many world-shattering, mind-bending, and grimdark events that take place in the 41st millennium.
In collaboration with Matt the Miniatures Apothecary, and Andy from 40 Hours of 40k, the panel of community judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme – 'Was it worth it?' encourages writers to unpack the themes of morality, sacrifice, and the unhappily ever after of Warhammer 40k.
- Have your entry submitted by 28 January, 11:59PM PST
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found in the Writing section of the Cold Open Stories website.
*The same question I asked myself last night, when I walked home in the snow with an armful of Drukhari kits.
I’m looking for a fast-paced non-fiction book that I can listen to while training for a marathon. History or biography preferred, but any and all sub-genre suggestions are welcome.
For example:
Evisceration Plague
Inhumane Harvest
Sentenced to Burn
Scourge of Iron
Decency Defied
Icepick Lobotomy
When you think of time travel stories, we normally think of a person that moves from a specific moment in time to a different one, like moving between geographical places.
I think 'The Butterfly Effect' is the only move I've seen that explores it in a different way, like is not Evan who is traveling in time, but time itself the one that is moving fast and forward. He just 'switches' between different moments of his life, like he is again his teen self and jumps into his life as it was back then, and then again he goes back to the present and he's a grown up and his life is changed but he is not moving around, he is just sliding the timeline to say so. I hope you understand what I mean.
I loved the concept but I've never found another movie or book that explores time traveling in a similar way. It's always more the time machine archetype where somebody literally 'travels' between timelines like they were moving in space, more in an 'explorer' manner. Which is cool but not what I'm looking for.
Can you recommend me some good fiction that explores time traveling in a more 'what if' way, similar to the premise of 'The Butterfly Effect'? I'm looking mostly for books or movies, though videogames would be cool too if they are available on Steam. Thank you! :)
I like books like The Belgariad, Podkin one ear, Northern lights. If anyone can recommend series that have pace like these books please recommend. I don't know many books, it would really help me to get new books.
I am a middle school ELA teacher and came across a pre-AP strategy called SOAPSTone which works great for essays, speeches and other non fiction visuals for analysis. I’m wondering if there is an “all purpose” (I know I know lol) organizer that works for literary analysis (fiction and poetry). I didn’t find anything on College Board for that. Could it be adapted for all texts?
The scores have been tallied and the winners of the 'Now It's Personal' fast fiction contest have been published! (One of them made me cry :'))
You can follow this link to check out the collection.
Thanks once again to the many community members who entered the contest, and to our guest judges: Andrew of Hobby Vices, and Dan of The HAVOC CAST!
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For those of you who'd like to write some 40k fan fiction of your own, we've got just under two weeks left in the open submissions period for our upcoming short fiction anthology. Details below!
Short Fiction Anthology VII
- Stories must be between 2,000 and 8,000 words
- No theme to follow; write whatever you'd like!
- Authors of selected entries will work with our editing team to prepare their story for publication on the Cold Open site.
- Stories must be submitted by July 31st, 11:59 PT
- Full guidelines and submissions email on the Cold Open Stories website.
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Paypal F&F or Venmo
Back to the Future trilogy 4K (MA): SOLD
The Fast and the Furious 4K (MA): $4
Pulp Fiction (HD): SOLD
Django Unchained (HD): $3
The Hateful Eight (HD): $3
Hi!
In a few months I'll be out of school and I loathe the idea of getting a job because I'm already earning by freelancing and I love it!
I write fiction. I know... I've read from this thread and many others that one would need to write non-fiction or for web to be able to make a living.
But I'm curious if anyone makes enough to live on by being a freelance fiction writer. I'd love to hear how you make it work. Maybe get some ideas or inspiration.
I make some money currently but only enough to foot my student bills and I know I'd need more when I don't have my family paying half of my bills.
I'd love to hear and learn from how you do it. TIA!
I absolutely adored The Count of Monte Cristo and would love to read another page-turner. As far as genres or time periods, I’m open to almost everything.
I should add that I’m 18 and fairly new to reading classics/literary fic. A couple years ago I attempted to read A Tale of Two Cities and found it to be very difficult, so much so that I left it unfinished. I’d like to avoid something like this again if possible, dropping books upsets me lol.
Ok, so my issue is I read a really good series but I don’t remember the title of any of the 3 books (I think it was incomplete at the time, so 4 books now). However, I do remember parts of the plot: The Mountain was a big manufacturer of metal plates with symbols on them (when applied to specific objects, the symbols allowed them to do certain things like fly super fast or convince them they are immovable or require a password to permit entry, etc.), and they stored the ideas for these things in Lexicons that were big and elegant with thousand upon thousands of these original plates floating in the air to preserve the knowledge. I also remember that there were ancients or “old ones” who initially developed these things (they killed people in ritual like ceremonies to increase the power of certain objects or to imbue the object with a mind), and an old one attempted to come back — and succeeded — but turned out to be evil.
If it helps at all, I am like 90% certain it was by a male author.
I’d appreciate any help you could offer in identifying this series, and I’m very sorry for my spotty memory. Thanks!
Edit 1.) The main character (female) came from a plantation on a distant island where someone did an experiment on her to install a scrived plate into her head and it worked (although she doesn’t find out until like the 2nd or 3rd book). Also, the political situation is kinda like 4 or 5 major families or companies who have their own little cities within a larger city, and the in between areas are slums and a free for all zone.
With the help of Black Library Author Nicholas Wolf, Cold Open Stories is happy to announce its first fast fiction contest of the year! If you'd like to try your hand at this fast-paced form of 40k fiction, see the guidelines below:
- Follow the theme: "The Stars Are Cold" - It's up to you to interpret, but it should be core to the story.
- Keep it at 1,000 words or less. Tell the best story you can in so few words.
- Be creative! (Or just plain weird.) This being an unofficial writing contest, a large degree of freedom is allowed. Don't be afraid to dig into the stranger parts of the 40k cosmos.
- Submit your tale before March 31, 2021 (11:59PM MST).
Once all submissions are in, our guest judges and editors will select a group of winners to be published on the Cold Open site!
Full contest rules and submissions page at coldopenstories.com
Hi!
I have been thinking about buying an ereader to help with eye strain, but I primarily read nonfiction books. I also take a ridiculous amount of highlights.
I remember using some Kindle years and years ago, but the input lag made it undesirable to use over something like an iPad and the Kindle app. I understand e-ink isn't as fast as an LCD screen, but I'm hoping things have improved in that regard in the last 5 years.
Anyway, I was wondering how quick highlighting is on modern ereaders. I have been eyeing the Kindle Oasis and the Boox Nova 3, but I'm not too familiar with what's available today, or what would be best for me.
One final question, is there any way to export or sync highlights across devices on sideloaded books on either device? I like to take highlights while I read, but then rewrite notes in my own words all at once when I finish the book.
Thanks so much!
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Cold Open Stories has launched its latest fan fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Was it worth it?'* focusing on the aftermaths of the many world-shattering, mind-bending, and grimdark events that take place in the 41st millennium.
In collaboration with Matt the Miniatures Apothecary, and Andy from 40 Hours of 40k, the panel of community judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme – 'Was it worth it?' encourages writers to unpack the themes of morality, sacrifice, and the unhappily ever after of Warhammer 40k.
- Have your entry submitted by 28 January, 11:59PM PST
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found at on the COS website or at this link.
*The same question I asked myself last night, when I walked home in the snow with an armful of Drukhari kits.
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Cold Open Stories has launched its latest fan fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Was it worth it?'* focusing on the aftermaths of the many world-shattering, mind-bending, and grimdark events that take place in the 41st millennium.
In collaboration with Matt the Miniatures Apothecary, and Andy from 40 Hours of 40k, the panel of community judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme – 'Was it worth it?' encourages writers to unpack the themes of morality, sacrifice, and the unhappily ever after of Warhammer 40k.
- Have your entry submitted by 28 January, 11:59PM PST
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found at on the COS website or at this link.
*The same question I asked myself last night, when I walked home in the snow with an armful of Drukhari kits.
Cold Open Stories has launched its latest fan fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Was it worth it?'* focusing on the aftermaths of the many world-shattering, mind-bending, and grimdark events that take place in the 41st millennium.
In collaboration with Matt the Miniatures Apothecary, and Andy from 40 Hours of 40k, the panel of community judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme – 'Was it worth it?' encourages writers to unpack the themes of morality, sacrifice, and the unhappily ever after of Warhammer 40k.
- Have your entry submitted by 28 January, 11:59PM PST
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found in the Writing section of the Cold Open Stories website.
*The same question I asked myself last night, when I walked home in the snow with an armful of Drukhari kits.
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Cold Open Stories has launched its latest fan fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Was it worth it?'* focusing on the aftermaths of the many world-shattering, mind-bending, and grimdark events that take place in the 41st millennium.
In collaboration with Matt the Miniatures Apothecary, and Andy from 40 Hours of 40k, the panel of community judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme – 'Was it worth it?' encourages writers to unpack the themes of morality, sacrifice, and the unhappily ever after of Warhammer 40k.
- Have your entry submitted by 28 January, 11:59PM PST
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found at on the COS website or at this link.
*The same question I asked myself last night, when I walked home in the snow with an armful of Drukhari kits.
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Just two weeks left for submissions in Cold Open Stories' latest fast fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Terrible Things', focusing on the myriad horrors that the 41st millennium has to offer. If you'd like to try your hand at writing some horror stories set in the far future, Cold Open Stories would love to hear from you.
In collaboration with Rob from Fauxhammer, and Singho and Varela of the Horus Hour, the panel of judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme – Terrible Things encourages writers to unpack the subgenres of terror and tension in Warhammer 40,000. These subgenres include: psychological thrillers, cosmic horror, suspense, gothic horror, and more.
- Have your entry submitted by October 31st, 11:59PM PDT
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found on the Cold Open Stories website.
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Cold Open Stories has launched its ninth Fast Fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Terrible Things', focusing on the myriad horrors that the 41st millennium has to offer. If you'd like to try your hand at writing some horror stories set in the far future, Cold Open Stories would love to hear from you.
In collaboration with Rob from Fauxhammer, and Singho and Varela of the Horus Hour, the panel of judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme – Terrible Things encourages writers to unpack the subgenres of terror and tension in Warhammer 40,000. These subgenres include: psychological thrillers, cosmic horror, suspense, gothic horror, and more.
- Have your entry submitted by October 31st, 11:59PM PDT
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found on the Cold Open Stories website.
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Cold Open Stories has launched its latest Fast Fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Through Alien Eyes', focusing on the many Xenos species of the 41st millenium. (My favorite are the Slaugth. They make my skin crawl.) If you'd like to try your hand at writing some Xenos fiction, Cold Open Stories would love to hear from you.
In collaboration with Tanya 'The Warmistress' Gates, and Bob and Jono of Hobby Happy Hour, the panel of judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme — This one's quite broad :)
- Have your entry submitted by August 31st, 11:59PM PST
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found on the Cold Open Stories website.
Cold Open Stories has launched its ninth Fast Fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Terrible Things', focusing on the myriad horrors that the 41st millennium has to offer. If you'd like to try your hand at writing some horror stories set in the far future, Cold Open Stories would love to hear from you.
In collaboration with Rob from Fauxhammer, and Singho and Varela of the Horus Hour, the panel of judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme – Terrible Things encourages writers to unpack the subgenres of terror and tension in Warhammer 40,000. These subgenres include: psychological thrillers, cosmic horror, suspense, gothic horror, and more.
- Have your entry submitted by October 31st, 11:59PM PDT
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found on the Cold Open Stories website.
Just two weeks left for submissions in Cold Open Stories' latest fast fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Terrible Things', focusing on the myriad horrors that the 41st millennium has to offer. If you'd like to try your hand at writing some horror stories set in the far future, Cold Open Stories would love to hear from you.
In collaboration with Rob from Fauxhammer, and Singho and Varela of the Horus Hour, the panel of judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme – Terrible Things encourages writers to unpack the subgenres of terror and tension in Warhammer 40,000. These subgenres include: psychological thrillers, cosmic horror, suspense, gothic horror, and more.
- Have your entry submitted by October 31st, 11:59PM PDT
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found on the Cold Open Stories website.
Just two weeks left for submissions in Cold Open Stories' latest fast fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Terrible Things', focusing on the myriad horrors that the 41st millennium has to offer. If you'd like to try your hand at writing some horror stories set in the far future, Cold Open Stories would love to hear from you.
In collaboration with Rob from Fauxhammer, and Singho and Varela of the Horus Hour, the panel of judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme – Terrible Things encourages writers to unpack the subgenres of terror and tension in Warhammer 40,000. These subgenres include: psychological thrillers, cosmic horror, suspense, gothic horror, and more.
- Have your entry submitted by October 31st, 11:59PM PDT
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found on the Cold Open Stories website.
Cold Open Stories has launched its ninth Fast Fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Terrible Things', focusing on the myriad horrors that the 41st millennium has to offer. If you'd like to try your hand at writing some horror stories set in the far future, Cold Open Stories would love to hear from you.
In collaboration with Rob from Fauxhammer, and Singho and Varela of the Horus Hour, the panel of judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme – Terrible Things encourages writers to unpack the subgenres of terror and tension in Warhammer 40,000. These subgenres include: psychological thrillers, cosmic horror, suspense, gothic horror, and more.
- Have your entry submitted by October 31st, 11:59PM PDT
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found on the Cold Open Stories website.
Cold Open Stories has launched its latest Fast Fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Through Alien Eyes', focusing on the many Xenos species of the 41st millenium. If you'd like to try your hand at writing some Xenos fiction, Cold Open Stories would love to hear from you.
In collaboration with Tanya 'The Warmistress' Gates, and Bob and Jono of Hobby Happy Hour, the panel of judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme — This one's quite broad :)
- Have your entry submitted by August 31st, 11:59PM PST
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found on the Cold Open Stories website.
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Cold Open Stories has launched its ninth Fast Fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Terrible Things', focusing on the myriad horrors that the 41st millennium has to offer. If you'd like to try your hand at writing some horror stories set in the far future, Cold Open Stories would love to hear from you.
In collaboration with Rob from Fauxhammer, and Singho and Varela of the Horus Hour, the panel of judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme – Terrible Things encourages writers to unpack the subgenres of terror and tension in Warhammer 40,000. These subgenres include: psychological thrillers, cosmic horror, suspense, gothic horror, and more.
- Have your entry submitted by October 31st, 11:59PM PDT
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found on the Cold Open Stories website.
The scores have been tallied and the winners of the 'Now It's Personal' fast fiction contest have been published! (One of them made me cry :'))
You can follow this link to check out the collection.
Thanks once again to the many community members who entered the contest, and to our guest judges: Andrew of Hobby Vices, and Dan of The HAVOC CAST!
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For those of you who'd like to write some 40k fan fiction of your own, we've got just under two weeks left in the open submissions period for our upcoming short fiction anthology. Details below!
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Short Fiction Anthology VII
- Stories must be between 2,000 and 8,000 words
- No theme to follow; write whatever you'd like!
- Authors of selected entries will work with our editing team to prepare their story for publication on the Cold Open site.
- Stories must be submitted by July 31st, 11:59 PT
- Full guidelines and submissions email on the Cold Open Stories website.
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Cold Open Stories has launched its latest Fast Fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Through Alien Eyes', focusing on the many Xenos species of the 41st millenium. If you'd like to try your hand at writing some Xenos fiction, Cold Open Stories would love to hear from you.
In collaboration with Tanya 'The Warmistress' Gates, and Bob and Jono of Hobby Happy Hour, the panel of judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme — This one's quite broad :)
- Have your entry submitted by August 31st, 11:59PM PST
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found on the Cold Open Stories website.
The scores have been tallied and the winners of the 'Now It's Personal' fast fiction contest have been published! (One of them made me cry :'))
You can follow this link to check out the collection.
Thanks once again to the many community members who entered the contest, and to our guest judges: Andrew of Hobby Vices, and Dan of The HAVOC CAST!
---
For those of you who'd like to write some 40k fan fiction of your own, we've got just under two weeks left in the open submissions period for our upcoming short fiction anthology. Details below!
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Short Fiction Anthology VII
- Stories must be between 2,000 and 8,000 words
- No theme to follow; write whatever you'd like!
- Authors of selected entries will work with our editing team to prepare their story for publication on the Cold Open site.
- Stories must be submitted by July 31st, 11:59 PT
- Full guidelines and submissions email on the Cold Open Stories website.
https://preview.redd.it/b2qxymo2p8g71.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=f4cd74820c35bd40beca466814f4e54c49bc1084
Cold Open Stories has launched its latest Fast Fiction contest! The theme this time is 'Through Alien Eyes', focusing on the many Xenos species of the 41st millenium. If you'd like to try your hand at writing some Xenos fiction, Cold Open Stories would love to hear from you.
In collaboration with Tanya 'The Warmistress' Gates, and Bob and Jono of Hobby Happy Hour, the panel of judges will score each entry, with the top 15 submissions being published on coldopenstories.com.
Check out the guidelines below:
- Stories must be 1,000 words or less
- Follow the theme — This one's quite broad :)
- Have your entry submitted by August 31st, 11:59PM PST
Complete guidelines and the submissions email address can be found on the Cold Open Stories website.
With the help of Black Library Author Nicholas Wolf, Cold Open Stories is happy to announce its first fast fiction contest of the year! If you'd like to try your hand at this fast-paced form of 40k fiction, see the guidelines below:
- Follow the theme: "The Stars Are Cold" - It's up to you to interpret, but it should be core to the story.
- Keep it at 1,000 words or less. Tell the best story you can in so few words.
- Be creative! (Or just plain weird.) This being an unofficial writing contest, a large degree of freedom is allowed. Don't be afraid to dig into the stranger parts of the 40k cosmos.
- Submit your tale before March 31, 2021 (11:59PM MST).
Once all submissions are in, our guest judges and editors will select a group of winners to be published on the Cold Open site!
Full contest rules and submissions page at coldopenstories.com
