Showing posts with label Marion Zimmer Bradley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marion Zimmer Bradley. Show all posts
Thursday, August 17, 2023

Ideal Writing Day

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The e-mail list for authors of one of my publishers had a fun discussion thread last week: What would your ideal writing day be like? I en...
Thursday, August 11, 2022

The Female of the Species

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I've just read a recent book called BITCH: ON THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES, by British zoologist and documentary filmmaker Lucy Cooke. It...
Thursday, September 16, 2021

Advice on "Breaking In" to Publishing

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Cory Doctorow's newest LOCUS column discusses the beginning writer's obsessive quest for tips from pros on how to get started in pub...
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Thursday, February 18, 2021

Survival in the World of Publishing

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Kameron Hurley's new LOCUS essay reflects on her first ten years as a published author: How to Survive a Decade in Publishing Her fi...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

Joanna Russ on Feminism and SF

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I've been rereading TO WRITE LIKE A WOMAN: ESSAYS IN FEMINISM AND SCIENCE FICTION, by Joanna Russ. Although released in 1995, it contain...
Thursday, April 02, 2020

Accessible Writing

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The April 2020 issue of RWR (magazine of the Romance Writers of America) contains an article titled "The Literary Craft of Accessibilit...
Thursday, December 26, 2019

Discontinuities

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Happy midwinter holidays! I hope everybody who celebrates Christmas had a merry one. One of my most thrilling gifts was a DVD set of IN THE ...
Thursday, December 12, 2019

Finding Time to Write

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Marion Zimmer Bradley recommended stay-at-home motherhood as the perfect job for a writer, because writing can be performed in short bursts ...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Fanfic and/or Critical Fiction

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The latest issue of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts includes John Kessel's Guest of Honor speech from the 2018 International Co...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

Thoughts on Genre

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A blog post by fantasy author Seanan McGuire on what genre is and is not, plus her own expectations for genre: Genre Is Not a Prison For...
Tuesday, May 07, 2019

When Should You Give Up On A Manuscript, Part 6 - Should You Ever Rewrite Your Previously Published Novels

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When Should You Give Up On A Manuscript Part 6  Should You Ever Rewrite Your Previously Published Novels by Jacqueline Lichtenberg ...
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Thursday, July 12, 2018

Sword and Sorceress

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I'm thrilled to announce that I've had a story accepted for this fall's SWORD AND SORCERESS 33 anthology, published by the Mario...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

Writing and Storytelling

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Kameron Hurley's column in the current LOCUS discusses the difference between stringing together a succession of events and actually tel...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Alien Holidays

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Cultures in the non-tropical regions of our planet typically celebrate seasonal holidays such as lights, fire, evergreens, and feasting at t...
Thursday, August 04, 2016

Suspension of Disbelief

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I recently read SIRE AND DAMN, the latest (I hope not the last, but I fear it may be) "Dog Lover's Mystery" by Susan Conant. I...
Thursday, May 05, 2016

Realms of Darkover

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The latest Darkover anthology, REALMS OF DARKOVER, has been released: Realms of Darkover My husband, Leslie Roy Carter, and I have a co-...
Thursday, February 18, 2016

Sex in the Sea

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If you're in search of ideas for truly alien sex, pick up SEX IN THE SEA, by marine biologist Marah J. Hardt. She begins with the quest ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Theme-Character Integration Part 4 - Selecting a Setting by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Theme-Character Integration Part 4 - Selecting a Setting   by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Below you will find 8 steps to Selecting a Settin...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Targeting Readership Part 4

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Last week, I posted a list of previous posts on Worldbuilding in case you'd missed some: http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2012/06...