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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... vol. 08 no. 9 2008 of Perilous Adventures est. 2008 Perilous Adventures
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* Contents derived from the , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Starting with Scenes, Inga Simpson , single work criticism

'Starting any project is difficult. Beginning a creative work can be even more daunting. There is so much room to doubt yourself and procrastinate: clean the house, do the shopping, cooking, walk the dog, worry about work. Many people talk about writing a novel. Few actually start one.'
Love and the First Page, Kristina Olsson , single work criticism
I remember books by their beginnings. This may not be fair. Sometimes, an ordinary beginning leads the reader coquettishly, cleverly, into the multi-layered complexity of a stunning narrative you couldn't have guessed at by its first page. That's happened to me enough times, as a reader, to urge me past an opening paragraph that bores or fails to seduce or just doesn't promise enough, to the next page and the next until suddenly I'm four pages from the end and panicking, wishing there was more. But still, I'm a sucker for that beautiful first page or paragraph. Often, it means the difference between taking a book home and leaving it on the bookshop shelf.
Secrets and Memories, Kristina Olsson , single work criticism
Who owns the facts of our lives? We would hope, of course, that we own our own. Only we, as individuals, have lived in our skins, seen through our eyes, felt with our hearts and touched with our hands. But does that mean we know ourselves truthfully and well? Are our own versions of ourselves more accurate and reliable than another's version of us?
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