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Uncanny Valley in Storytelling

By On December 5, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Musings

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 [...]

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ISBW #145 – Agents, Blake Charlton, Good Cop/Bad Cop

By On April 15, 2010 · 5 Comments · In Featured, Interview, Podcast

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00:00:06 ISBW #145 00:00:43 State of the Mur: driving to RavenCon! Travel, getting hacked (again), fresh reinstall and re-uploading of podcasts – please go to The Murverse for all your ISBW podcast archive needs – [...]

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ISBW #140 – Amateur Writing: Good Parts and Bad / Bemis, Enge Interviews

By On January 22, 2010 · 23 Comments · In Featured, Interview, Podcast

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00:00:07 ISBW #140 00:00:38 GoTo Meeting Message 00:01:29 State of the Mur: wrapping up 2009 podcasting content, Jar of Awesome method for choosing among writing projects, editing. 00:04:33 Promo: [...]

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Tons of Fantasy Links!

By On December 4, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Non-ISBW

Listener Sara wrote in to tell me of an awesome Livejournal blog. Thanks, Sara!

I just figured I’d give you some links to Limyaael’s Fantasy Rants for the show. She’s an ex-LJ user who has hundreds of entries about everything from language creation to how to work with viewpoint. While she is focused [...]

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