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Back in the day, when I worked at a company, with a cube, and a 401(k), and bosses that expected respect and stuff, I had a friend. She was pretty high up in the company, very well respected, but bubbly, friendly, not at all intimidating. I admired her.
In her office, she had above her [...]
Frequently retweeted on Twitter this morning was this story of gifts to get writers. While I totally agree with the problem of blank books, I’m not sure I agree with the rest. Some of the gift ideas, like lipstick, were geared toward women – which seemed unfair. Other advice was the latest cheesy bestseller, [...]
People laugh at scifi geeks, that we can accept homicidal computers and aliens and FTL travel, but if a machine gun uses the wrong caliber, we are screaming for blood. (Trust me. I was moderator of a gaming forum when The Matrix came out. Virtual reality and killer AIs, sure. Machine gun on a helicopter [...]
One of the things you have to consider when running a Kickstarter campaign is the tiers of rewards. I am in favor of more rewards over fewer (within moderation, naturally, I’m saying I’d rather have 8 choices than 3,) but this blog post by Dave Slusher on Decision Fatigue has me thinking.
…compare [...]
I need some advice.
I’m not quite sure how to read classic SF. You know the stuff that was groundbreaking with its expanse of ideas that hadn’t even been considered yet? But it was also the stuff that was very likely sexist, had cardboard characters, was completely lacking women or POC, used what we consider [...]
I was having a talk with my husband last night. The topic was unimportant (ie, nothing I want to talk about online) but Jim said, “[person] probably thinks they can do [project] better than you can.”
And it hit me. You know what? They probably can do that project better than I can. Heck, they [...]
[Before any of you jump down my throat that it's too early for this, I say to you: 1) you're not reading them, I am. Don't project your dislikes onto me. 2) I am currently writing a Christmas story and need inspiration early. Lay off.]
[Second caveat- this post has some spoilers for a couple [...]
A lot of storytelling advice talks about the “hook” – how you need to make people really interested in the story right off the bat. Unfortunately, a lot of times writers take that too far and start their story with an action sequence they think will make us excited about the story, but they do [...]
I’ve said many times that my biggest problem with writing is fear. But this morning I realized it goes beyond that. We’re all afraid. Being afraid is OK. In fact, the meaning of courage is not being unafraid, but acting even though you are afraid.
People flatter me frequently by saying they don’t know “how [...]
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