The Gods of Ordinary Things [ guest post by Jennifer Bresnick ]
Travis here. I read a few science fiction and fantasy writer’s blogs. As I mentioned a few days ago, most of them suck. Jennifer Bresnick’s...
Five questions for each character
Whew! I’ve been working on this for hours this morning, and finally have a first pass. A few five-question interviews from some of my characters...
Eight writing manuals that are not an absolute waste of time
There are a lot of writer’s blogs out there. Most of them are a complete waste of time. I’m a fan of Rahul Kanakia’s blog....
character arcs
I’m starting draft 4. The goals of this draft: all major characters to have interesting character development arcs all characters to behave in ways that...
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get to know your author
I recently stumbled over the Proust Questionnaire and thought it might provide an interesting way to do an author interview. Your favorite virtue – honesty....
now reading: The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey
I mentioned yesterday that I’m sort of in despair over the crappy level of science fiction writing (these days? always? unclear.) I’m reading non-fiction to...
there is nothing but crap on the shelves
The first novel I read in my life was “The Red Planet”, a Heinlein “juvenile”, which I picked up from the elementary school library shelf...
Pulp Cover!
(via pulp-o-mizer)...