Thursday, January 17, 2008

key terms

Self publishing-

a form of publishing where the author takes all responsibilities for the cost of the production and marketing of the book, very risky.

Genre-

Categorys based on form or style of the work

Allusion-

An indirect reference to someone or some thing

Alliteration-

Use of many words with the same beginning letter to create a somewhat poetic rythem

Fantasy

featuring magical or unreal elements

Ebook

Books in an electronic format sold over the internet

Short fiction

Fiction stories that are less than a chapter long.

Flash fiction

A fiction story between 150 and 300 words long

Sudden fiction

A fiction story less than 150 words long

Peer review

A review of ones work by a group of their peers where constructive criticism is given

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