Thursday, January 29, 2015

Doctorow on Culture vs. Industry

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Cory Doctorow's latest LOCUS essay, on issues including DRM and the abuse of takedown notices: New Deal for Copyright A provocative ...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Governing Humanity Part 1 - Democracy - by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Governing Humanity Part 1 Democracy by Jacqueline Lichtenberg In connection with this topic, you may want to look at Jack Campbell's...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Sharing The Authors' Guild Conclusion on whether or not "Amazon Is The Reader's Friend"

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I'm back from ConFusion, but struggling to get out my 1099-MISCs before the end-of-the-month deadline, therefore, with apologies, I am c...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Domestication

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The PBS series NATURE recently aired two programs about the evolution of dogs. You can watch the first one here: Rise of the Dog The sho...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Depiction Part 5 Depicting Dynastic Wealth by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Depiction Part 5 Depicting Dynastic Wealth by Jacqueline Lichtenberg There is an old saying, "If you want to understand what's ...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Thoughts on The Beverly Hillbillies

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How much realism does comedy require? Personally, I find a TV sitcom or any other type of humorous fiction funnier if it's not downright...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

If The HEA is Implausible, How Come It Happens?

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If The HEA is Implausible, How Come It Happens? by Jacqueline Lichtenberg As I've mentioned many times, one of the hardest things abo...
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Sunday, January 11, 2015

Authors' Guild vs HathiTrust Resolution

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This is cut and pasted from an email sent out by Authors' Guild. Court papers  filed yesterday evening brought to an end the Guild’s ...
Thursday, January 08, 2015

Describing Characters

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I've just read a blog post about describing characters, which cautions against the static type of opening scene with the character exami...
Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Setting-Character Integration Part 1 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg - Mindspace Investigations

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Setting-Character Integration Part 1 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Mindspace Investigations In Reviews 11, we looked at a number of sci...
Sunday, January 04, 2015

Copyright Protection Evolves

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IMHO, best round up of copyright changes in 2014. Fair Use expands... more power to libraries, and to Google. Privacy is eroded, more powe...
Thursday, January 01, 2015

Vampire Bugs, Lion Men

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The January 2015 issue of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC mentions a cricket-like insect called the hump-winged grig, which engages in a slightly gory m...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Depiction Part 4: Depicting Power in Culture by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Depiction Part 4 Depicting Power in Culture by Jacqueline Lichtenberg   This post is about developing Rules of Engagement to depict...