Sunday, July 09, 2017

On Lying, Cheating, and Demonstrating

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There is a legal blog delightfully named "The Persuasive Litigator" penned by Holland & Hart LLP http://www.lexology.com/con...
Thursday, July 06, 2017

Portal Fantasy Aftermaths

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"Portal fantasy" is one of my favorite subgenres—tales of people transported to other worlds by magic, e.g., C. S. Lewis's Na...
Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Self-Publishing And Qualifying For Professional Review by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Self-Publishing And Qualifying For Professional Review by Jacqueline Lichtenberg I got a Facebook Message from Johan Lynn Carter, who...
Sunday, July 02, 2017

In Praise Of Canada And Europe

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In honour of the Fourth of July, this poster assumes that American readers are enjoying time offline, and not worrying about all things copy...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

The Sense of Style

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I've been rereading THE SENSE OF STYLE, by Steven Pinker, published in 2014. The lucid and witty cognitive scientist Pinker, one of my f...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Theme-Plot Integration Part 17 - Crafting an Ending

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Theme-Plot Integration Part 17 Crafting an Ending by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Previous parts of Theme-Plot Integration listed here:...
Sunday, June 25, 2017

Much Ado

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I found just "about nothing" of interest to science fiction and alien romance authors on the copyright blogs this week, so my post...
Thursday, June 22, 2017

Updating Older Books

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When a book published years or decades ago and set in the "present" gets reprinted in a new edition, should the technology and cul...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Depiction Part 30 - Depicting Royalty

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Depiction Part 30 Depicting Royalty  by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Previous parts in the Depiction series can be found listed here: ...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

EFF vs FBI

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It may be cheaper to buy a new computer than to give your crook one to the Geek Squad! https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/02/FBI-tries-to...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

Writing and Storytelling

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Kameron Hurley's column in the current LOCUS discusses the difference between stringing together a succession of events and actually tel...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Marketing Fiction In A Changing World Part 26 -Must You Compromise Your Art To Sell Big?

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Marketing Fiction In A Changing World  Part  26 Must You Compromise Your Art To Sell Big?   by Jacqueline Lichtenberg ...
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Sunday, June 11, 2017

Red Flags For Regular People

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This is not about bulls (bullies, perhaps), and it is not about persons who do not need laxatives. It's about Trojan Horses. (Not Trojan...
Thursday, June 08, 2017

Diversity Awareness in Writing

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How should writers from a middle-class, white background (like me) handle creating characters of different ethnic and cultural origins? How ...
Tuesday, June 06, 2017

Romance Futurology Part 1 - How Will Security Work in the Future

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Romance Futurology Part 1 How Will Security Work in the Future?  There is a genre of Romance called simply Futuristic.  For the most ...
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