I abduct the aliens.
Enough with the unqualified lecturing on the MECHANICS of that magical thing we love to do so much. It's time I devote my attention to the FUEL part of it, the things that inspire me and keep me going. Of course I will continue to share awesome writing tips and tricks as I discover and try …
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Everyone gets stuck now and then, it's normal. There are countless ways to get unstuck again, but I believe the best cure for it is the geeky child within us. Not some illusive secret, not some magic trick, not some philosophical thinky-thoughts, and certainly not resignation to the idea and trudging along anyway as if …
For my 100th blog post on this ominous 13th of December 2012 (in the Eve of Ruin of ALL CIVILIZATION! *blood-shot stare*), I've polished my 13 zombie emergency weapons and readied them for battle. So put on your gloves and goggles, and let's get ready to roll! Stationery Shotgun A modified four-barrel shotgun that can spit …
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There are a great many different types of author blogs out there, some of them absolutely awesome (like John Scalzi's Whatever, Chuck Wendig's Terribleminds, Larry Brooks' Storyfix, Janice Hardy's The Other Side Of The Story and Jody Hedlund's blog, and dozens more) and some of them rather peculiar and all over the place (won't give examples, I'm sure you …
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Here's a new list of Alien Aspects in addition to the 13 Aspects About Aliens You Shouldn't Ignore from earlier this year. I've promised Peter Cawdron I'd write one, so here you have it. Several extraterrestrial creatures were (un)intentionally killed in the creation of this post, and a small inhabited planet was destroyed. The course …
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Getting serious about my writing has made a huge difference in my life. I've crossed a threshold of squirmish indecisiveness that I just can't uncross, and I sure as hell don't ever want to. It's been about a year since I started standing up for it publicly -- and what I notice most beside the …
I've been busy worldbuilding this week. It's one of my favorite things to do in the process of writing sci-fi, and it makes me all giddy and drooly like a kid that's been dropped into a toybox. Since I revisited my collected materials for the worlds I'm writing in, and have overhauled one of these …
