Sword of the Samurai Newsletter-25 May 2024

Writing that cuts like a Blade

May 24, 2024

Words can be sharp and words can hurt. Some writers know the power and use of words, so they use them effectively for maximum impact. Do you know of such writers, who could make you feel jubilant or move you to tears, with the characters and stories they create?

Here are a few of the stories I wrote this week, that will not move you to tears or make you extra joyful. These stories were written to make an impact on the mind of the reader and hopefully, I have succeeded.

Writing Like a Samurai

Warren Brown

May 24

The Samurai were the Japanese warriors of medieval Japan and symbols of honor, courage, and discipline. The Bushido Code of the Eight Virtues of the Samurai were Justice, Courage, Mercy, Politeness, Honesty and Sincerity, Honor, Loyalty, Character, and Self- Control.

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"Here's to the Health of Your Blood."

Warren Brown

May 23

Today, the 23rd of May, is almost one month short of one year since my father, Melvyn Brown, passed away. I just thought of the unusual toast that my Dad would say, whenever we had celebrations at home. “Here’s to the blood of your health, here’s to the health of your blood, if you’ve got good blood, you’ve go…

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Making Your Voice Heard

Warren Brown

May 23

The world is always filled with noise and confusion. There are a million ideas spreading across the world, every second, every minute and every day. The world is buzzing with activity in so many spheres from, social, economic, educational, scientific, industrial, cultural, religious to philosophical and in those areas …

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Publish and Die Protocol-Fiction Series

Episode 4: The Instant Million Dollar Book Deal Generator

Warren Brown

May 23

Episode 4: The Instant Million Dollar Book Deal Generator

“When you publish a book, it’s the world’s book. The world edits it.” — Philip Roth In my spare time, I continued my research and writing on my book, “Renaissance Publishing,” which I had stopped working on for a while. I thought about the predicament faced by so many young writers and Indie publishers, that although they had…

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Here are a few great writers on Substack, who write powerful words in their stories, articles, illustrations and poems.

https://substack.com/@incidentalcomics