From the monthly archives: March 2010

ISBW #144 – Level Up! / Ellen Datlow Interview / Matt Wallace is Bad Cop

By On March 31, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Featured, Good Cop Bad Cop, Interview, Podcast

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00:00:07 ISBW #144 00:00:53 State of the Mur: working on novella, other short fiction, pondering some self-publishing production expenses. 00:02:42 GoTo Meeting Message 00:03:18 Level Up! A geeky role-playing-games perspective on learning from your mistakes: failure gets [...]

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Brilliant Character Post by Charlie Jane Anders

By On March 30, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Musings

I love io9, but I especially love it when Charlie Jane posts. I have hung out with her in person a couple of times (I’ll always remember pie and WorldCon 09, Charlie Jane!), and she’s nothing short of brilliant. I was delighted to read her post this morning about characterization and the “F*** [...]

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All Write! #9 – Exacting Standards

By On March 29, 2010 · 2 Comments · In All Write! comic

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The myth of tomorrow

By On March 29, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Musings

I just got an email from a listener who is telling me how much ISBW has helped him. (I love these, they really help keep me going.) But he had one quote that was just amazing:

I would talk about tomorrow but it was a far off concept more than a reality.

And that really [...]

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Diamonds or Dandelions?

By On March 25, 2010 · 4 Comments · In Musings

Quantity vs quality? I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and how it pertains to creative output. Thus, I came up with my Diamonds or Dandelions comparison:

Diamond Method: Blizzard Entertainment puts out bestselling games. Every. Damn. Time (since Warcraft I, anyway). I used to work in the game industry, this is [...]

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All Write! #8 – A Very Open Mic

By On March 22, 2010 · 2 Comments · In All Write! comic

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“I am a writer”

By On March 18, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Musings

Here it is. The last, definitive, thing we can say about “how can I find time to write?”

Jay Lake is a prolific writer. He’s also undergoing a 16 week [Edit- Jay corrected me- 24 weeks of chemo (12 sessions biweekly)] chemotherapy treatment. Here’s what he wrote today.

I am a writer, so I [...]

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Brilliant

By On March 17, 2010 · 5 Comments · In Non-ISBW

I love wordplay. I’m not talented at it myself, but when it’s done well it’s like watching an expert dancer or eating something from a master chef.

Oh, and the message is awesome too. Pay attention. Watch the whole thing.

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ISBW #143 – Cynicism / Don Vaughn Interview

By On March 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Featured, Interview, Podcast

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0:00:06 ISBW #143 00:00:40 State of the Mur: working on various freelance projects, a novella currently titled “Marco and the Red Granny”, blogging/pocasting for Tor, ISBW and The Artist’s Way. 00:02:00 FEAR OF SUCCESS (topic inspired by

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Test

By On March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

This is a test post. You shouldn’t see it unless you’re SPECIAL.

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