Tuesday, March 31, 2020

How Do You Know If You've Written A Classic - Part 7 - How Do You Know These Two Are Soul Mates

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How Do You Know If You've Written A Classic Part 7  How Do You Know These Two Are Soul Mates?  Previous Parts in this series are...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

False Flags

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This week, the Authors Guild exposed a gob-smacking abuse of the public trust and of the concept of law order and copyright. Kudos to Author...
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Science in SF, Continued

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The second part of Kelly Lagor's LOCUS article on "Putting the 'Science' in Science Fiction" is here: Putting the Sc...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Targeting a Readership Part 18 Targeting a Culture

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Targeting a Readership Part 18 Targeting a Culture Previous parts of the Targeting a Readership series are indexed here: https://al...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

ANTI SOCIAL MEDIA Part 1

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Not everything is anti-social. Kudos, for instance, to Publishers Weekly (PW) for making their digital publication available. https://www...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

Risk Assessment and Fear

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So schools, bars, restaurants, theaters, concert venues, casinos, etc. in Maryland have been ordered to close, and gatherings of more than f...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

How to Use Tarot and Astrology in Science Fiction Series Part 6 - Confronting Change

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How to Use Tarot and Astrology in Science Fiction Series Part 6 Confronting Change Previous parts in How to Use Tarot and Astrology i...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

Search and Pay / Tweet and Pay

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SEARCH AND PAY.  That's like making a rod for your own back, isn't it? You can't make this up. There are no depths to which ...
Thursday, March 12, 2020

Weird Insect Sex

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I recently read a fun, clever SF romance called STRANGE LOVE, by Ann Aguirre. On Zylar’s world, overpopulation has led to stringent restrict...
Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Index to How Do You Know If You've Written a Classic

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Index to How Do You Know If You've Written a Classic Part 1 in this Series is about writing a "classic" illustrating the ...
Saturday, March 07, 2020

Willy Nilly and the Erosion of Privacy

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Does personal privacy matter? Less so, it seems, in the age where a priority is put on the convenience of others and the profitability of ...
Thursday, March 05, 2020

Giving Self-Publishing a Bad Name

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If you live in or near Maryland, you'll have heard about the scandal and criminal charges surrounding Baltimore ex-mayor Catherine Pugh...
Tuesday, March 03, 2020

How Do You Know If You've Written A Classic Part 6 - Romance and the Ph.D. Thesis

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How Do You Know If You've Written A Classic Part 6 Romance and the Ph.D. Thesis Previous parts in "How do you know if you...
Sunday, March 01, 2020

Just Because It Looks Like A Smutty Joke....

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Just because you might dress up dissing your competition as a mildly dirty joke --even a fart joke-- does not necessarily mean that you can...
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Robots Writing

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The March 2020 issue of ROMANCE WRITERS REPORT (the magazine of Romance Writers of America) includes an article by Jeannie Lin about artific...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

How do you know if You've Written a Classic Part 5 - James Clavell Move Over

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How Do You Know If You've Written a Classic Part 5 James Clavell Move Over  Previous parts in "How do you know if you'v...