Thursday, May 31, 2018

The Value of Curiosity

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Astrophysicist Mario Livio has recently published a book titled WHY? WHAT MAKES US CURIOUS. He maintains that curiosity is "the most hu...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Reviews 34 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg The Imposters of Aventil by Marshall Ryan Maresca

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Reviews 34  by Jacqueline Lichtenberg The Imposters of Aventil by Marshall Ryan Maresca  My Reviews posts have not yet been ...
Sunday, May 27, 2018

Trademarks Plunge Into Murky Waters

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Trademarks are intended to be a "source identifier". They are not intended to be a restraint on anyone's vocabulary. Imagine...
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Saturday, May 26, 2018

AI Trove... PS

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Since I wrote about AI last week, there was the "Alexa-misunderstanding-a-conversation-as-commands" issue, and there is an advert ...
Thursday, May 24, 2018

YA Genre Fiction

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Michael Cart, author of YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE: FROM ROMANCE TO REALISM, had an article on this past Sunday's editorial page of the Balt...
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Blurb Writing 101 - Part 2 - The Query Letter

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Blurb Writing 101 Part 2 The Query Letter by Jacqueline Lichtenberg  Part 1 of Blurb Writing 101 is posted here: http://aliend...
Sunday, May 20, 2018

A (I) Trove Of Information

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Read this and weep! Legal blogger David L. Hayes Esq for Fenwick & West LLP has amassed a 927-page compendium of Advanced Copyright...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Persistence of Selfhood

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In her alien-invasion-plus-vampire novel THE MADNESS SEASON, C. S. Friedman creates a species called the Marra, incorporeal beings who wear ...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Defining And Using Theme Part 2 - Love vs Politics by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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  Defining And Using Theme Part 2 Love vs Politics by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Part 1 of Defining and Using Theme, listing some pre...
Sunday, May 13, 2018

Misunderstood Orphans

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Perhaps the pirating world misunderstands "Fair Use", and what constitutes a work that can be freely exploited.   Or, perhaps E...
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Thursday, May 10, 2018

Varieties of Freedom

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Are you watching THE HANDMAID'S TALE? It's interesting to hear "Aunt Lydia"—who seems to sincerely believe that the theocr...
Tuesday, May 08, 2018

Defining And Using Theme Part 1

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Defining And Using Theme Part 1 Here are some previous posts discussing Theme as a separate element in fiction structure. http://alie...
Sunday, May 06, 2018

The Long Arm Of The Law (GDPR in this case)

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It's getting harder for writers. First, here come this author's protestations of virtue. We don't track you, and we don't ...
Thursday, May 03, 2018

Surviving the Gold Rush as a Writer

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The latest issue of RWR (the members' magazine of Romance Writers of America) includes an article titled "The Key to a Lifelong Car...
Tuesday, May 01, 2018

Index To Theme-Conflict Integration

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Index To  Theme-Conflict Integration Blog Series by Jacqueline Lichtenberg The posts labeled with two or more techniques are more...
Sunday, April 29, 2018

Erotica Dungeons, Infringing Flagpoles, Child Sexbots, Rampant Piracy, and Bubbles....Allegations

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Authors have long been aware that their romance titles can be summarily sentenced and dispatched to Amazon's erotica dungeon without not...
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