History is the present. That’s why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth. ~ E.L. Doctorow
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Is History Myth?
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NaNoWriMo: How to Make the Time to Write a Novel in 30 Days
2015 will mark the 17th year thousands of writers from around the world begin National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) on November 1st. Few would argue this is a crazy journey—attempting to write a 50K-word draft of a novel in thirty days.…
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Posted in The Writing Life, Writing Advice
Posted in The Writing Life, Writing Advice
Write, Regardless
Publishers want to take chances on books that will draw a clamor and some legitimate publicity. They want to publish controversial books. That their reasons are mercenary and yours may be lofty should not deter you. ~ Harlan Ellison
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Highlights from WorldCon 2015
Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon. ~ Brad Foster (from a pen and ink drawing, 2012) My first Worldcon [sigh]. For years I dreamed of attending the largest convention gathering of speculative fiction…
An Interview with Author Joyce Hertzoff, Part 2
Joyce Hertzoff retired from a profession grounded in fact and science and now uses the power of the pen to write mystery and fantasy stories. Her first novel The Crimson Orb was published in 2014 by Phantasm Books, an imprint…
Address the Weakest Parts of Your Writing
Our strongest defenses are built around our greatest weaknesses. As a writer, you will only get better by addressing the weakest parts of your writing. We all tend to want to focus on our strengths, but a book is only…
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Last Friday Finds: More Coolness from the Web
I hope you find something useful, or amusing, in this next batch from my bottomless bag of (lost and) found online articles and tidbits. ■ For Writers: Create an Author Business Plan As part of the Indie Author Series on Janice Hardy’s Fiction…
Tagged with: Alice Leiper, copyright inheritance, create an author business plan, Fairies, Fool's Toffee, Hydra, Janice Hardy, Marcy Kennedy, Minotaur, mythic scribes, mythology & magical creatures, Phoenix, predictions come true, sad cat diary, Susan Spann, the problem with cliches
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Posted in Just Because, Last Friday Finds
Don’t Wait for Inspiration
Don’t wait for others to inspire you. Don’t wait for inspiration at all…there’s no better reason to tell your story than a simple love of words. ~ Cara Lopez Lee
Speculative Fiction: Culture Lab
Speculative Fiction: Culture Lab by Betsy James Speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, and slipstream) gives voice to those who explore societal and technological change along with deeper considerations of underlying archetypes of human experience. ~ from the…
Tagged with: Betsy James, power of words, Speculative Fiction, speculative fiction writers, words change the world
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The World is Made of…
The world is made of stories, not of atoms. ~ Muriel Rukeyser
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KL Wagoner 