Mark Noce Stories
Notes on Mark's latest writing endeavors, alongside other creative authors in the community.
December 29, 2010
Brining in the New Year has always had a slightly artificial feeling to me. Unlike Christmas or Halloween, it never really elicits quite the same feeling, but maybe that’s because something as simple…
Read more of “Happy New Years!”December 22, 2010
Hey all! With the holidays upon us I’ll only be blogging intermittently, because after all it’s the holidays and it’s best to spend as much face time with family and friends as possible. I hope that…
Read more of “Merry Christmas!!!”December 20, 2010
Apparently, every Christmas Ren-fair folks dress up in Victorian-era costumes for the Charles Dickens Fair held every year in San Francisco. I’ve heard that similar events like this one take place…
Read more of “Great Charles Dickens Fair”December 17, 2010
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A bad or ugly sweater party can be a really good thing. Tonight my wife and I are going to the annual bad sweater party some…
Read more of “Ugly Sweater Party”December 15, 2010
Every so often I like to memorize a favorite poem. Sometimes Yeats or Shakespeare or Whitman. Sometimes I like to memorize lines in other languages or lines from the bible. I often think about how…
Read more of “Memorizing Art”December 13, 2010
What would Christmas time be without Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol ? Or how about Frosty the Snowman and book versions of The Twelve Days of Christmas ? Many have turned into successful films…
Read more of “Books for the Holidays”December 10, 2010
Putting love and love scenes into a novel or short-story can easily be some of the most difficult stuff to write. Some writers steer clear of it, while others make a living from it. But, truth be…
Read more of “Love on the Page”December 8, 2010
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 For the novel I’m currently working on I’ve put a lot of time and thought into researching the historical time period. But reading books isn’t…
Read more of “Research and Development”December 6, 2010
Nope, I’m not referencing any movie or book specifically here. Instead, I wanted to talk about the use of dreams in books. I’ve started experimenting quite a bit recently with the use of dreams of…
Read more of “What dreams may come…”December 3, 2010
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Well, the month of November has ended and with it NanoWriMo. The contest in general involves writing a short novel from start to finish, but I…
Read more of “NanoWriMo Report”