Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Sime~Gen praised on Twitter by Forgotten Realms writer Ed Greenwood

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Sime~Gen praised on Twitter  by Forgotten Realms writer Ed Greenwood    The title says it all.  I was participating in a Twitter Chat ( #sci...
Saturday, March 27, 2021

Reputation and Privacy

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In Russia, they have "Face Pay". One pulls down one's mandated Covid-19 mask to be recognized, and ones bank account is debite...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

Virtual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

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Last week, from Thursday through Sunday, the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts held its annual conference (normally in...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Star Trek Fanzine Takes My Name, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, To The Moon

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Star Trek Fanzine Takes My Name,  Jacqueline Lichtenberg,  To The Moon  I have an article in the fanzine, SPOCK’S KATRA, which will be sent ...
Sunday, March 21, 2021

Blown By The Wind

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David Oxenford's Broadcast Law blog is always informative, well written, and copyright-related. Recently, he discussed why, perhaps, ...
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Thursday, March 18, 2021

Animal Regeneration

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Here's an article about sea slugs that purposely decapitate themselves: Decapitated Sea Slugs It's believed they occasionally ...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Reviews 63 - A Peace Divided - Peacekeeper #2 by Tanya Huff

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Reviews 63 A Peace Divided Peacekeeper #2  by  Tanya Huff  Here is a 2017 title by Tanya Huff, A Peace Divided.   It is #2 in a Trilogy, whi...
Sunday, March 14, 2021

"Merely" Really?

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Margaret Carter's post "Problems With Monopolies" on Amazon, DRM, and Cory Doctorow struck me as so interesting that I am devo...
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Thursday, March 11, 2021

Problems with Monopolies

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Cory Doctorow's LOCUS article for this month delves into a lot of background about markets and monopolies that's new to me: Free M...
Tuesday, March 09, 2021

Reviews 62 - Battle Ground by Jim Butcher - Dresden Files #17

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Reviews 62 Battle Ground Dresden Files #17 by Jim Butcher  Reviews haven't been indexed yet. Here are a few previous posts discussing Ji...
Sunday, March 07, 2021

Ebby Flowy

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One thought... and a second one. My first thought on hearing that EBay has the will and the ability to remove all Dr. Seuss books from sale ...
Thursday, March 04, 2021

Visualizing Characters

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Any Superman fans here? I mostly enjoyed the first two episodes of the new series SUPERMAN AND LOIS on the CW network, although for me neith...
Tuesday, March 02, 2021

How To Learn To Write - Part 2 - How do writers influence their audience

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How To Learn To Write  Part 2     How do writers influence their audience?   Part 1 is https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-t...
Sunday, February 28, 2021

Faceblock... or Whither Groups?

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 Disclaimer: my title does not refer to either the Qualcomm tool, nor to the Polandball character (who is, apparently, "easily offended...
Thursday, February 25, 2021

Tackling Revisions

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Since I'm currently revising a paranormal romance novella under consideration by one of my publishers (addressing changes the editor req...
Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Reviews 61 - Forged an Alex Verus Novel by Benedict Jacka

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Reviews 61 Forged An Alex Verus Novel by Benedict Jacka  Reviews have not yet been indexed.  To find them search for the Label, Reviews. We ...
Saturday, February 20, 2021

Talking Trademarks

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Time is short for those who might like to sign up for a free Trademark Basics Boot Camp webinar run by the USPTO. The deadline to register i...
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Survival in the World of Publishing

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Kameron Hurley's new LOCUS essay reflects on her first ten years as a published author: How to Survive a Decade in Publishing Her fi...
Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Worldbuilding for Multiple Alternate Universes Part 5 Why Are There Alternate Universes in Your Reality

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Worldbuilding for Multiple Alternate Universes Part 5 Why Are There Alternate Universes in Your Reality?   Previous parts in this series: Pa...
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Sunday, February 14, 2021

What's Moral Got To Do With It?

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For anyone who has ever thought of having a photograph copied and inked onto their body, or --possibly-- thought of putting a copyrighted ph...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

Valentine Snark

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The sending of Valentine's Day cards became a mass-market phenonmenon in the nineteenth century, especially after the introduction of po...
Tuesday, February 09, 2021

Worldbuilding For Multiple Alternate Universes Part 4 How To Make Ghosts Vampires and Demons Real

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Worldbuilding For Multiple Alternate Universes Part 4 How To Make Ghosts, Vampires, and Demons Real  Previous parts in this series are: Part...