Thursday, April 30, 2020

Joanna Russ on Feminism and SF

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I've been rereading TO WRITE LIKE A WOMAN: ESSAYS IN FEMINISM AND SCIENCE FICTION, by Joanna Russ. Although released in 1995, it contain...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Theme-Conflict Integration Part 7 - Romance Without Borders

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Theme-Conflict Integration Part 7 Romance Without Borders Previous parts in Theme-Conflict Integration are indexed at: https://alien...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

National ? "Emergency"?? Library???

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The Authors Guild is asking all comers to sign a petition. Link: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-our-open-letter-to-internet-arch...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

Sex Lives of Animals

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I've been rereading DR. TATIANA'S SEX ADVICE TO ALL CREATION, by evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson. As the title implies, the boo...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

How to Use Tarot and Astrology in Science Fiction Part 7 - Creating Charisma with Verisimilitude

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How to Use Tarot and Astrology in Science Fiction Part 7 Creating Charisma with Verisimilitude  Previous parts in How to Use Tarot an...
Sunday, April 19, 2020

Force Majeure

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Force Majeure is a sexy French name for a powerful excuse for failure to perform.  It is much in the news, and is being invoked by major oil...
Thursday, April 16, 2020

Writers and Their Finances

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In the April 2020 LOCUS, Kameron Hurley writes about the difficulties of maintaining a reliable income stream as a freelance author: The T...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Worldbuilding from Reality Part 13 Making War Alien Style

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Worldbuilding from Reality Part 13 Making War Alien Style  Previous parts in Worldbuilding From Reality are indexed here: https://al...
Sunday, April 12, 2020

Can't Touch This Copyright Law

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A videographer spent more than a decade chronicling the discovery and recovery (1996) of Blackbeard's pirate ship the Queen Anne's R...
Thursday, April 09, 2020

The "Catch" in Author's Monopoly

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Cory Doctorow's March LOCUS column asserts, "A Lever Without a Fulcrum Is Just a Stick": Lever Without a Fulcrum The ...
Tuesday, April 07, 2020

Reviews 52 Life and Limb by Jennifer Roberson

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Reviews 52 Life and Limb by Jennifer Roberson   Previous reviews have not been indexed. But I have discussed Jennifer Roberson...
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Sunday, April 05, 2020

Look Who Is Behaving Badly Now

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Conspiracy theories about the Wuhan Coronavirus abound. I haven't seen any that suggest it was intended to destroy copyright , but the c...
Thursday, April 02, 2020

Accessible Writing

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The April 2020 issue of RWR (magazine of the Romance Writers of America) contains an article titled "The Literary Craft of Accessibilit...
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...