Saturday, July 31, 2021

Group RX For Writers

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If you are a member of Authors Guild or SFWA, and based in the USA, you have until August 15th, 2021 to find out if LIG Solutions might be r...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

The Internet of Trees

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An old song laments, "I talk to the trees, but they don't listen to me." Apparently, however, trees listen to each other. Some...
Sunday, July 25, 2021

APP Your Peril

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Can an app wreck your life? Apparently, so. From Electronic Freedom Foundation to RedState, dark cautionary tales abound. At bottom, it is d...
Thursday, July 22, 2021

No Time Like the Present?

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What accounts for the current fad of present-tense narrative in fiction? Most of the time, it makes my teeth grind with annoyance. Even a re...
Sunday, July 18, 2021

Influence This

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If we publish, we promote. There's no  avoiding  it. If we have assistance, increasingly, it has to be willingly given (or subcontracted...
Thursday, July 15, 2021

Monopolies and Interoperabilty

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Another LOCUS article by Cory Doctorow on monopolies and trust-busting: Tech Monopolies He begins this essay by stating that he doesn...
Saturday, July 10, 2021

Recipe For Disaster?

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Sharing favorite recipes is a great way for authors to reach new audiences, and ever so subtly to promote a book that perhaps mentions a par...
Thursday, July 08, 2021

Educating the Passions

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Over the July 4th weekend, columnist David Brooks wrote about the importance of storytelling: America Has a Great Story to Tell Skipping...
Monday, July 05, 2021

Downside of Anonymity

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Privacy is very important to many individuals, creators, artists... and erasing privacy is highly profitable for crooks, advertisers, copyri...
Thursday, July 01, 2021

Talking with Aliens

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When extraterrestrials visit our planet, or vice versa, will we be able to communicate with them? This article discusses the issue of learni...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Afterthoughts Part 4 Assembling An Opening Scene

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Afterthoughts Part 4 Assembling An Opening Scene  Afterthoughts haven't been indexed yet. Part 1  https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.co...
Sunday, June 27, 2021

Scamsaurus

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Disclaimer: as far as I know, "Scamsaurus" is a made-up word, and I made it up moments ago.  I googled Scamsaurus, and was offered...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

Woebot

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"Virtual help agents" have been developed to perform many support tasks such as counseling refugees and aiding people to access di...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

When Should You Give Up On A Manuscript Part 7 -- How To Climb Over The Wall That Hit You

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When Should You Give Up On A Manuscript Part 7 How To Climb Over The Wall That Hit You   Index to  "When Should You Give Up On A Manusc...
Sunday, June 20, 2021

Of Art and Dirty Laundry

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In times of inflation, art appreciates . When cash (or bonds, or equities) lose value, people spend. They buy art, precious metals, property...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Canine Conversations

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A speech language pathologist, Christina Hunger, claims to have taught her dog, Stella, to "talk": Can That Dog on Instagram Rea...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Afterthoughts Part 3 - Grimdark in Genre Fiction

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Afterthoughts Part 3 Grimdark in Genre Fiction   Part 1  https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2021/04/afterthoughts-part-1.html Part 2 ht...
Sunday, June 13, 2021

Hacker Ways And The Decline of Language

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Decadent thought leads to decadent language, which leads to even more decadent thought... and a vicious vortex of decay and corruption ensue...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

Plotting and Discovery

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In the June issue of LOCUS, Kameron Hurley writes about how she gets from the beginning of a story to the end: Endings and Beginnings I...
Tuesday, June 08, 2021

Afterthoughts Part 2 Good and Evil

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Afterthoughts Part 2 Good and Evil See? I told you there'd be more afterthoughts.  Part 1 is: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/20...