by Hank Quense FNN’s Educational reporter Jason Pedagogy attended a meeting of the Alabama Board of Education and filed this report. The main speaker at the meeting was a middle school math teacher who gave a talk on the origins of our number system. When the Board realized our numbers have Arabic roots they reacted with outrage. After a …
Creating a story is a complex endeavor. Developing and merging all the story elements can be a confusing process. Another issue that complicates life is figuring out where to start the development: should the writer start with the characters? The plot? Something else? Surveys indicate this concern is a major problem with new and inexperienced writers. My new book, …
Starting way back in the last millennium, I began my career as a writer. Since that time, my writing has gone through a series of evolutions. Short Stories I began writing short stories to master the crafts of story design and story-telling. Short stories have an advantage in that they are . . . short. I could create a number …
Faux Network’s religious reporter, Mathew Mark Lukejohn wrote this report after attending a press conference with the Bishop of the Diocese of Weehawken, NJ. A small, middle-class town across the Hudson River from Manhattan, the Diocese is known for its fiscal innovations. Bishop Alteri stated the Church faced a financial crisis caused by the many multi-million dollar settlements in sex …
Hello, my name is Marcia Hammerhead, senior book reviewer for Faux News Network. Today, I’ve been tasked with interviewing the author who wrote *How to* *Self-publish and Market a Book*. I don’t know why my editor insists I waste my time on a book like this. Obviously, self-published books are trash and the author who wrote this one, Hank Quense, …
… another book review by our prestigious reviewer, Marcia Hammerhead. Marcia Hammerhead: if there is anything worse than an author who writes genre trash, it’s a prolific author who writes genre trash. My latest assignment is to interview, once again, prolific author of genre trash, Hank Quense. His newest genre trash is called Moxie’s Problem. According to Quense, it is …
Let’s assume you are a new (or inexperienced) fiction writer. You probably know that creating a story requires a great deal of work and thinking. You may not know that the work involved is the same whether you are creating a short story, a novel, a play, a script or even a memoir. “How can that be?” you ask. Simply …
Once your NaNoWriMo project is completed, it’s time to start thinking about what to do with the manuscript you just finished writing. Of course, the first thing you have to do is revise it (right?). And keep revising it until it’s a polished gem. Once those revisions are completed, it becomes decision time: what happens now? There are several possibilities …
by Hank Quense I’m a big believer in planning. As such, I rely on various software programs and apps to help out . For instance, I use five mind-mapping programs (they all have different features and different graphics). I also use Trello to keep organized. The thing with Trello is, I keep trying to find something to replace it. Now, …
by Hank Quense Fiction writers need all the tools they can find, but over time, these tools can become dull and rusty. When this happens to me, I turn to daytime TV. These programs are bashed by critics and viewers, but I have a different spin on these show; I find them, especially the soaps, to be very educational. I …
FNN religious reporter Mathew Mark Lukejohn filed this report from Rome where he attended a press conference. The Vatican announced today that Pope Paul will participate in a boxing match. The Pope signed a contract with ESPN to fight Archbishop Guisippe Al Fresco, a prelate who often disagrees with the Pope. The Pope challenged De Marco last week when the …
FNN political reporter Stacy Conundrum filed this report. Donald Trump, after denouncing the Pope a few days ago, said that after he is elected President he will vigorously defend the country and his Presidency from a trash-talking Pope. If the Pope verbally attacks him again, the Pope will be surpised when a few Marine Expeditionary Units assault the Vatican and …