Thursday, September 29, 2011

Time Travel Intervention

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Now that I’ve seen the pilot of TERRA NOVA, a couple of my doubts have been addressed. Its premise seems to make more sense than I originall...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Twitter Chat On Isaac Asimov

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On July 8th, 2011, @DavidRozansky the publisher at Flying Pen Press I've mentioned many times here, supplied the #scifichat topic of a t...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Sample Take-Down Notice

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If you find your work being shared without your express consent on a "file-sharing" site, or a subscription site, or on a blog, or...
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

New TV Season

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Insofar as TV seasons as such exist anymore, the summer series are winding down and the fall programs are starting up (with more overlap bet...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Verisimilitude VS Reality - Part 3 The Game, The Stakes, The Template

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Last week we covered 3 "Clues" about how to integrate Multiple Point of View with Story Structure; Master Theme Structure,  The Ca...
Sunday, September 18, 2011

A Bridge, An Earthquake, And A Cast Of Thousands

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I like to mix things up in multiples of three, and the ingredients must come from different sources. "Eye of newt and toe of frog......
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Derivative Works: Where Is the Line?

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Speaking of making unlikable characters sympathetic, there’s a good example in Sharyn McCrumb’s THE DEVIL AMONGST THE LAWYERS, which I’m rer...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Verisimilitude VS Reality-Part 2: Master Theme Structure, The Camera, Nesting Plots and Stories

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Part 1 of this series can be found here: http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2009/01/verisimilitude-vs-reality.html And now we're...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Patterns Of Injustice

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Many truly gripping novels involve extreme injustice, usually visited upon the hero or heroine, or someone in their immediate family. The di...
Thursday, September 08, 2011

Real People as Characters

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I've just finished reading "A Time to Cast Away Stones," by Tim Powers, a novella sequel to his innovative epic vampire novel ...
Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Audible.com-The AudioBook Adventure

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See below for news on Sime~Gen in audiobook edition. A couple months ago, Wildside Press put my novel Molt Brother Molt Brother (Lifewav...