Tuesday, February 28, 2012

How Do You Know If You've Written A Classic

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Last November, while I was sending out the contracts for the stories in my upcoming Vampire anthology ( Vampire's Dilemma edited by Jac...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Thinking About Antagonists

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Recently I watched the Frank Sinatra movie A HOLE IN THE HEAD, which I saw as a child when it first came out (1959). From what little I reme...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Amateur Goes Professional

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The Nanowrimo exercise always has beginning and professional writers talking all over facebook and twitter about how many words they produce...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Shifting Poles and Toilet Water Swirl

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There may or may not be a connection. Have you ever googled "direction of swirl in toilet"? (Before you get to the "toilet...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Microscopic Mind Control

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A scientist theorizes about the effects of toxoplasmosis, often transmitted by domestic cats, on the brains of infected people: How Your Cat...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Believing in Happily Ever After Part 5 TV Series Once Upon A Time on ABC

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Part 4 of this Believing in Happily Ever After sequence of blog posts is http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2011/10/believing-in-happil...
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Thursday, February 09, 2012

Bra-a-a-ins!

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Another interesting bit of information from Temple Grandin’s ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION: Some scientists theorize that brains evolved because an...
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Research-Plot Integration in Historical Romance Part 5

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Part 1 of this series is: http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2012/01/research-plot-integration-in-historical.html Part 2 of this seri...
Thursday, February 02, 2012

Happy Candlemas

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I almost forgot today is Candlemas, aka Groundhog Day. The liturgical churches traditionally celebrate February 2 as the festival of the pre...

Emotion and Decision

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I’ve been reading some of the works of celebrated animal behavior expert Temple Grandin, who, as you probably know, is autistic and believes...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Research-Plot Integration in Historical Romance Part 4

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Part 1 of this series is: http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2012/01/research-plot-integration-in-historical.html Part 2 of this ser...