Thursday, April 06, 2023

Must Fiction Have Conflict?

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I recently read FANTASY: HOW IT WORKS, by Brian Attebery, a distinguished scholar of fantasy and science fiction. In addition to the solid c...
Saturday, April 01, 2023

Call IT Unavoidable

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The earworm is " Call Me Irresponsible ". The lyrics are a strange choice to associate with a medication that helps some patients ...
Friday, March 31, 2023

Taking the Bucket Out of the Bucket List, Part 1 by Karen S. Wiesner

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Taking the Bucket Out of the Bucket List, Part 1 by Karen S. Wiesner In this two part article, I discuss the wisdom and benefits of, a...
Thursday, March 30, 2023

One Bite at a Time

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Cory Doctorow's column for the March 2023 issue of LOCUS, for once, asserts a position I can support without reservation: End-to-End ...
Sunday, March 26, 2023

Lorum Ipsum or Blah Blah Blah

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My title should be lorum ipsum , but it indicates to printers not to waste ink, and I fear that the bots might over ride publishing when I c...
Friday, March 24, 2023

Karen S. Wiesner: Three-Dimensional Writing, Part 3

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Writer's Craft Article by Karen S. Wiesner Three-Dimensional Writing, Part 3 Based on Three-Dimensional Fiction Writing (formerly ti...
Thursday, March 23, 2023

ICFA 2023

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Last week the annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts was held in Orlando (as usual). This was the second in-person con...
Saturday, March 18, 2023

Not For People With Children

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One would have thought that drug companies ought to be among the most precise and accurate with the wording of their advertisements. Apparen...
Friday, March 17, 2023

Karen S. Wiesner: Three-Dimensional Writing, Part 2

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Writer's Craft Article by Karen S. Wiesner Three-Dimensional Writing, Part 2 Based on Three-Dimensional Fiction Writing (formerly ti...