Thursday, May 30, 2013

Too Many Characters?

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Over the weekend at our house, we had a conversation about the problem of “too many characters” in a novel or series. What that principally ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Theme-Plot Integration Part 10 - Use of Co-incidence in Plot

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We've been discussing a contrast/compare among 3 novel series, 20 novels in all.  This post is about these books, and contains spoilers ...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

Memorial Day Sunday

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Today, I simply want to add my word of thanks to all members of the military for their service, and especially to those who have taken the ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

Wicked Words

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Theme-Plot Integration Part 9 - Use of Co-incidence in Plot

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Here is a link to Part 8 of this Series and to the index to previous Theme-Plot Integration posts: http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com...
Sunday, May 19, 2013

Food, glorious food.....

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I asked on Facebook today what on earth (or not) I ought to blog about today, since it is my day to blog. Suggestions were limited but int...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Octopus Intelligence

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An article that illustrates why the octopus would make a great model for an intelligent nonhumanoid alien: The Mind of the Octopus Octo...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Theme-Plot Integration Part 8 - Use of Co-incidence in Plotting

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The posts with "Integration" of two skills in the title are "advanced" discussions. Here's the index to the previo...
Sunday, May 12, 2013

Freeloading.... Chris Ruen and David Byrne

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I shall be interviewing Chris Ruen on my radio show on May 21st (http://www.PWRTalk.com) but in the meantime, this film of Chris talking wi...
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Thursday, May 09, 2013

Narnia and Middle Earth: A Clash of Writing Styles

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An article in the newest issue of MYTHLORE (the journal of the Mythopoeic Society) discusses why J. R. R. Tolkien disliked C. S. Lewis’s Na...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Index to Theme-Plot Integration

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Every once in a while I give you a chance to catch up by posting a list of previous posts in related series -- sometimes with parts that are...
Sunday, May 05, 2013

Blood, glorious blood (Tick Season is Upon Us)

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Have you ever had sexual contact with anyone who was born in, or lived in Africa? If so, you probably cannot give blood in America. ...
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Thursday, May 02, 2013

Canine Empathy

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Research has confirmed what many dog owners probably already know, that dogs react sympathetically when human beings show distress: Dogs ...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Copyright Grab by the French

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Since works by American authors who write science fiction and fantasy are alleged to have been mistakenly categorized as orphan works, and p...