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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

REALITY UNVEILED

Posted on May 6, 2010 | Last Updated May 8, 2010

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio..., religion

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reality, science, creationism, God, religion, margins, God, science, International Day of Reason, William Warren

Maundering of an octogenarian

Posted on Jan 26, 2008 | Last Updated Apr 6, 2008

warning, old man thinking

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geriatrics, history, winter, snowshoeing, culture, brain, science fiction conventions, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, language, Swedish

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

Remarks on Poetry

Posted on Aug 24, 2007 | Last Updated Mar 19, 2008

style, purpose, criticism

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Scandinavian history

NEWSLETTER, June 8, 2011

Posted on Jun 10, 2011 | Last Updated Jun 10, 2011

John's June, 2011 Newsletter about aging, Miscon 25 and other thoughts.

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old age; assisted living; science fiction; philosophy; friendship; personal history; new paradigm Carol Berg (author); James K. Burk (author); Shawn Olson (webmaster); Robert Lester Lovely; MisCon 201

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

A Habitable Planet

Posted on Jul 27, 2007 | Last Updated Mar 19, 2008

The environmental movement is not new

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ecology, history, wolves

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

ABOUT CLEARCUTTING (11/27/07)

Posted on Nov 25, 2007 | Last Updated Apr 10, 2008

ecology, politics, philosopy, TANSTAAFL

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forests, wood, paper, society, public opinions, perspective, Charlie Rose