Sunday, December 05, 2010

Deputize yourself

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This is not about aliens or Romance. I apologize. It's about The Right Stuff... If you see something very wrong going on on the intern...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

Darkover 2010

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We had our usual fun weekend at Darkover. This year they added a Steampunk track, of which I didn't see much, although a session on spac...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Moira J. Moore - Guest Post on Family Love

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Here below are a few words from Moira J. Moore, an author whose work I've been reviewing for a while now.  She's exploring human-hum...
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

To Seek Out New Life And New Civilizations...

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....And new ways of doing things. One of the greatest challenges of writing science fiction is freely giving away what could be a great in...
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Thanksgiving Dinner

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Here's a funny essay by a regular Baltimore SUN columnist about traditional versus trendy holiday dinners: Susan Reimer We stick with th...
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Thanksgiving Weekend

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Here's a full article on the potential memory-erasure technology discussed a couple of weeks ago. Some of the hypothetical ethical probl...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Information Feed Tricks And Tips For Writers Part II - Definition of News

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BUT FIRST (yes, this is news) -- I have to announce that the Sime~Gen Novels (by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Jean Lorrah, and various combinatio...
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Nonhuman Characters

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At Darkover this Thanksgiving weekend, I'll be on a panel trying to answer the question, "How do you make something(-one) that is n...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Information Feed Tricks And Tips For Writers Part I - Definition of News

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In college, there are majors for Creative Writing, for Journalism, and for various skill sets that fiction writers need -- such as English, ...
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Of Bed Bugs, Wrinkles, And Men.

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Do I offer my deepest apologies to John Steinbeck? Apologies proffered. One of the most effective English teachers I know used to stand b...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Brain Rewards

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Recently someone gave me an article by Richard Beck called "Certainty and Dogmatism: The Feeling of Knowing." Beck's comments,...
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Worldbuilding With Fire And Ice Part III

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Whew! Now the election's over we can drop politics because it's not important anymore, right? Ooooo. Ummmm. Oy, I don't thin...
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