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WRITING 102 - Writing Science-Fiction and Fantasy

Some Basics
Posted on Aug 13, 2010 | Last Updated Aug 13, 2010

If you ignore everything else I say here, heed this: to develop the ability to write well, write. Write a LOT. Thinking about it isn't enough.

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writing, tips, authoring

CREATIVE WRITING 101, PART ONE

Posted on Oct 1, 2009 | Last Updated Jul 21, 2010

Reviews, Reviewers, and Writing Fiction

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reviews; critiques; truths; rules for writers; books on writing; Mitford; Karon; tell, don't show ; golden rule of writing; focus; story arc; data dumps; dialog ratio; norse sagas; ethnic character

IN THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND, by Michael Flynn

Posted on Aug 10, 2009 | Last Updated Aug 10, 2009

Book Review

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Michaeel Flynn, Babbage, history, philosophy, personal history

David Palter Reviews #1

Posted on Apr 6, 2008 | Last Updated Apr 6, 2008

some epic fantasy series compared

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Terry Goodkind, Stephen King, Robert Jordan, JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling

Alternate Universes

Posted on Mar 23, 2008 | Last Updated Oct 5, 2008

Science Fiction, cosmology

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cosmology, science fiction, ideas, the Higuchian Series

BOOK FLOGGING

Posted on Feb 27, 2008 | Last Updated Apr 6, 2008

promoting and selling books

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writing, promoting and selling books, personal philosophy

THE BOOK OF JOBY (12/09/07)

Posted on Dec 8, 2007 | Last Updated Apr 10, 2008

Book Review

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modern fantasy, allegory, Tor Books

The JĂ„RNHANN Saga

Posted on Sep 2, 2007 | Last Updated Apr 12, 2008

Skaldic poetry from an Apocalyptic Future

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Neoviking fun in Swedish and translation

HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE

Posted on Aug 20, 2007 | Last Updated Mar 19, 2008

The Third in The War for the Woods: a Trip Through Time

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forest history, forest policy, American history

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