Showing posts with label world building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world building. Show all posts
Thursday, May 07, 2020

Urban Flight, Epidemics, and Demographic Change

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In recent weeks, many people who can afford to do so have fled the congestion of cities for suburban, rural, or resort areas. Some such priz...
Thursday, January 02, 2020

SF Seasons

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Happy New Year! The days begin to lengthen, even if imperceptibly at first, but nevertheless I have to brace myself for over two months mor...
Thursday, November 07, 2019

Worlds with Depth

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The Fall/Winter issue of MYTHLORE includes an article by Katherine Sas on creating the "impression of depth" in a work of fiction ...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Evolution of Civilization

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An interesting short article answering this question: Why Haven't We Found Civilizations Older Than 7000-8000 Years? The questioner...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Mediacracy

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Did you know that the word "mediacracy" exists? It does, although the Blogger spell check, and the AOL spell check put red squiggl...
Monday, December 07, 2009

Settings, SFR, and Spiffyness

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I've been absolutely thrilled to see the responses to The Galaxy Express' SFR Holiday Blitz. I've also been absolutely slammed ...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

World Building For Writers: POLITICS

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World Building For Writers, Or Why Everyone in the Galaxy doesn't Speak English TOPIC: Politics (again, from a course I taught in 2008) ...
Monday, July 13, 2009

World Building For Writers, Or Why Everyone in the Galaxy doesn't Speak English

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(Lecture #1 from a class I taught in 2008) Lesson One: Building Your World Where Everyone Definitely Does Not Speak English (even if they do...
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Monday, May 18, 2009

So what's Dock Five really like?

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One of the most fun, writerly things is inventing and describing alien (as in, not where you're sitting right now) settings and places i...
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Monday, May 11, 2009

How Much is Too Much (World Buliding & Balance)?

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Since I'm essentially brain dead after completing a twenty-five+ page "author questionnaire" for Random House (and it could ha...
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Monday, April 06, 2009

Vid Interview: World Building and Personalities

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Linnea Sinclair - World Building and Personalities from Romantic Times BOOKreviews on Vimeo . ~Linnea AN ACCIDENTAL GODDESS by Linnea Sinc...
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Monday, February 09, 2009

Speaking and Swearing in Alien Tongues: Reprise

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For those of you with little time to go poking through the archives here, and in keeping with Jacqueline's posts on dialogue, here are t...
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