Thursday, July 09, 2009

Always Chaotic Evil?

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On the TVtropes.org website—I urge you to explore this site, it’s not to be missed, but be warned, it’s the ultimate Internet time vampire—t...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Westercon 2009

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No, it wasn't the Two Thousand Ninth Westercon, but the 62nd. 62 is really a respectable number for an annual science fiction convention...
Monday, July 06, 2009

Conference in Your Jammies: the rwa national alternative

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For those not going to National, Romance Divas is having its own online conference...which you can attend in your jammies! Are the RWA threa...
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Sunday, July 05, 2009

Preditors and Editors is being sued

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I'm reposting an appeal from Preditors and Editors (which runs the predpoll every year). They are asking for donations: http://anotherea...
Saturday, July 04, 2009

Celebrate Independence Day with a book

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A very non alien post for the 4th of July. Two of my stories feature our country's fight for independence. Fallen has the Battle of Guil...
Thursday, July 02, 2009

Reaching Out and Touching Online

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On another blog this week I saw a comment that online communication (some kinds, anyway) is more “touchy-feely” than in-person conversation....
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Choosing The Age of Your Protagonist To Win An Oscar

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Last week, the Oscar rules were changed by the Academy that awards them. Now 10 nominees for BEST PICTURE compete for the Oscar, the most si...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

What does an alien hero smell of?

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An alien romance might be a thinly (or heavily) disguised Western, or Historical, or "billionaire sheikh with harem" story. I don...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Continuing series, when a story doesn't work.

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When researching victorian England for my Steampunk proposal I came up with an interesting fact. The Buffalo Bill Wild West Show appeared i...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Post-Apocalyptic Novel: JULIAN COMSTOCK

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I love S. M. Stirling's "Dies the Fire" series, about a world in which all advanced technology (anything dependent on electron...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Snow Dogs And Happily Ever After

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Before we discuss a possible format for an Alien Romance complete with HEA, here's my speaking schedule for Westercon ( http://www.weste...
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

This is not the blog I want to write...

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Tank trotted around the cabin after MommySass left, sniffing corners, putting his wet nose to the viewports, and then staring nowhere and ...
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The future of Health Care

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The most ridiculous health care system I've seen in my reading of alien romances and futuristic romances is to put an injured or sick pe...
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