Without borders... The 100 most beautiful places in the world The 100 most beautiful places in the world (click a screenshot to enlarge it) - 1 - The inca city of Machu Picchu country : Peru place : near Cuzco - 2 - The Iguazu waterfalls country : Argentina - Brazil place : borders between the two countries - 3 - The Tadj Mahall country : India place : Agra, south-west of Delhi - 4 - The pyramids and the sphinx country : Egypt place : Giseh, south-west of Cairo - 5 - The great canyon of Colorado country : United States of America place : south-west of the country, Arizona state - 6 - Migrating animals in the Serengeti park country : Tanzania place : north of the country, east of Victoria lake - 7 - The Nabatean city of Petra country : Jordania place : south-west of the country, near Israel - 8 - The big wall of China country : China place : north-east of the country, along Inner Mongolia - 9 - The Victoria waterfalls country : Zimbabwe - Zambia place : border between the two countries - 26 - Bali island country : Indonesia place : east of Java island
Bookshelf Porn 12 of the World’s Most Mysterious Monuments & Ruins 12 of the World’s Most Mysterious Monuments & Ruins Article by Steph, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category. Around the world, in places as diverse as Homestead, Florida and Yonaguni, Japan stand monuments and ruins whose origins are shrouded in mystery. Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse (images via: Wired) On a barren knoll in northeastern Georgia stands one of the world’s most bizarre and mysterious monuments. Lake Michigan Stonehenge (image via: io9) A group of researchers using sonar to look for shipwrecks at the bottom of Lake Michigan got quite a surprise when they found what appears to be an ancient Stonehenge-like structure 40 feet beneath the surface of the water. Underwater Ruins in Japan (images via: Hottnez) On the southern coast of Yonaguni, Japan, lie submerged ruins estimated to be around 8,000 years old.
The Writers Helpers 65 verrückte Bilder auf Google Street View (Update) - Witzig & skurril - Online Wenn Google mit seinen Autos für Google Street View durch die Straßen fährt, fangen die Kameras auch oft witzige oder skurrile Szenen ein. Wir haben die witzigsten Fundstücke gesammelt. In diesem Fun-Special stellen wir Ihnen die witzigsten Situationen, die die Kameras der Google-Street-View-Autos weltweit eingefangen haben. Update: Aktuell haben wir die Google Street View Galerie um weitere irre Momentaufnahmen erweitert. witzige Google Street View Impressionen Verrückte Google-Street-View-Impressionen witzige Google Street View Impressionen Witzige Google Street View Impressionen Witzige Google Street View ImpressionenWitzige Google Street View Impressionen 50 witzige Google Street View Impressionen - Bild 22 50 witzige Google Street View Impressionen - Bild 23 50 witzige Google Street View Impressionen - Bild 24 50 witzige Google Street View Impressionen - Bild 25 50 witzige Google Street View Impressionen - Bild 26 50 witzige Google Street View Impressionen - Bild 27
Book Blog - Book Reviews - Bestsellers - Best Buy Fotos aus aller Welt Tips for Young Writers What Should I Write About? I'm not a big believer in "story starters". I believe that the best ideas are living inside you. * Family story * A particular tradition in your family. * An artifact (arrowhead, ring, antique, etc.). Use your notebook to breathe in the world around you. 1) Reread to dig out the best material 2) Experiment with new kinds of writing 3) Try to write something beautiful but don't expect all your writing to be great. * Keep your notebook with you so you can write at any place and time. * Pull your notebook out whenever you have a few minutes with nothing else to do. * The notebook you keep should reflect you. 1) Write in Your Writer's Notebook. 2) Talk It Out. 3) List Ideas. 4) Make A Web. 5) Make A Simple Time-line. 6) Three by Three by Three. 7) Free Write. I don't use each one of these ideas each time I write! Many young writers think of revision as all hard work and drudgery. WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR IDEAS? The MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES published by Richard C.
A Daily Dose of Interesting Photographic Inspiration from Flickr 20 Writing Tips from 12 Fiction Authors Writing success boils down to hard work, imagination and passion—and then some more hard work. iUniverse Publishing fires up your creative spirit with 20 writing tips from 12 bestselling fiction authors. Use these tips as an inspirational guide—or better yet, print a copy to put on your desk, home office, refrigerator door, or somewhere else noticeable so you can be constantly reminded not to let your story ideas wither away by putting off your writing. Tip1: "My first rule was given to me by TH White, author of The Sword in the Stone and other Arthurian fantasies and was: Read. Read everything you can lay hands on. I always advise people who want to write a fantasy or science fiction or romance to stop reading everything in those genres and start reading everything else from Bunyan to Byatt." — Michael Moorcock Tip 2: "Protect the time and space in which you write. Tip 3: "Introduce your main characters and themes in the first third of your novel. Tip 5: "Always carry a note-book.