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Science Fiction September 21, 2016

On Ecology, Women and Science Fiction: Part 2, Praxis

Nina Munteanu explores issue surrounding eco-fiction and optimistic science fiction with four female speculative fiction authors and/or publishers.

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Science Fiction August 10, 2016

On Ecology, Women and Science Fiction: Part 1, Gnosis

Science fiction author and limnologist Nina Monteanu writes about changes in the genre, which she sees as changes in the way individuals interact with each other and the natural world.

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Writing April 18, 2016

The Writer-Editor Relationship, Part 2: Five Things Writers Wish Editors Knew—and Followed

Some things writers hope editors know

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Writing February 4, 2016

The Writer-Editor Relationship, Part 1: Editors Preparing Writers

Indie authors need editors. Here’s how to go about finding a good one.

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Writing January 14, 2016

The Moving Target of Indie Publishing: What Every Editor (and Writer) Needs to Know

How to flourish as a freelance editor in an indie world.

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Writing September 2, 2015

Christ-Figure in Movies & Books: Grace or Redemption?

There is a tendency in western literature to portray the central character as Christ figure.

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Writing August 5, 2015

Resonating with the Universe

Which came first? Story or reality?

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Uncategorized July 20, 2015

What Is the Solution to Author Solutions?

Self-publishing or publishing scam?

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Writing June 4, 2015

Revisiting the Short Story and Heinlein’s Five Rules of Writing

There are at least seven excellent reasons to write short stories

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May 7, 2015

The Ecology of Print Books: Niche Partitioning by Young Readers

Applying ecological principals to book publishing

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Fantasy April 2, 2015

How Game of Thrones Abandoned Me in the Pit of Despair

“Game of Thrones is very compelling. But so is a train wreck.”

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Writing March 4, 2015

How Writers See Themselves…And How Others See Them…

“I write for the same reason as I breathe—because if I didn’t, I would die.”—Isaac Asimov

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Writing February 11, 2015

Why Reading is Smart — Especially if You Write

Want to write? Read.

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Writing February 4, 2015

Walking Helps Me Think and Imagine

Walking might be your muse.

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Writing January 28, 2015

On Style Manuals and Pinkerisms of Steve

You can apply the techniques of reverse engineering to your writing craft

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Writing January 21, 2015

Why Writers Can’t Spell

If yore a pour speller, here’s some advice….

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January 14, 2015

The Forbidden Library

How many of these forbidden books are you guilty of reading?

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Writing January 9, 2015

What Indie Authors Should Know for 2015

As we enter a new year in writing and publishing, I thought I’d review some interesting statistics and observed trends over 2014 made by those poised well in the industry. In July 2014, Publishers Weekly […]

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Writing December 25, 2014

Beat the Christmas Frenzy and Find Your Focus

Most of us think of Christmas as a busy time, of getting together (often dutifully) with family and friends, exchanging presents and feasting. Christmas is certainly this, but that is only a shallow view of a far deeper event

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Writing December 10, 2014

Writing in Your Own Hand

Nina reminds us of the art of hand-writing.

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Writing November 26, 2014

The Resurgence of Oral Storytelling: the Audio Book

Storytellers have shaped our societies and reflected our cultures for all of recorded history

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Writing November 19, 2014

Simplify Your Writing

Tightening up your craft is an important learning experience for the writer.

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Writing November 12, 2014

On Interviews and Being a Good Reporter

If you are going to interview, you need to be a good reporter.

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Writing November 5, 2014

The Importance of Setting in a Novel

Without setting, characters are simply there, in a vacuum, with no reason to act and most importantly, no reason to care. And in a vacuum, you can’t hear them scream because they can’t breath!

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Writing October 29, 2014

Short Story or Long Story? How to Decide on the Length of Your Story

How do you determine what length to write? Complete with official SFWA story lengths!

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Writing October 22, 2014

Titles

Titles can determine whether a story is read…

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Writing October 16, 2014

When Do You Know Your Story Is Finished?

How do you know it’s time to write “the end”?

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Writing August 14, 2014

The Careful Writer: Commonly Misused Terms

Strunk and White tell us, “are not so much bad English as bad style, the commonplaces of careless writing.”

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Writing August 1, 2014

The Hero’s Journey: Part 3, Defining Your Hero

To write a truly compelling story is to resonate with the universal truths of metaphor within the consciousness of humanity.

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Writing July 2, 2014

A Hero’s Journey: Part 2, Heroes and Other Archetypes

Taking to the road with a hero…but what kind of hero?

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