I recently got into a bit of an altercation on Twitter. I’m hoping I’ve smoothed it over, because I reacted poorly in the initial exchange, and the person I got into a conflict with kept inadvertently making it worse, even though I know he meant well! He kept giving me advice that sounded to me […]
Read More Privilege and the ArtsBy Sam Reader In 1982, Ridley Scott loosely adapted Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? into the classic science fiction film Blade Runner, a detective story that kept the novel’s dark aesthetic, odd symbolism, and meditations on empathy. With sequel, Blade Runner 2049 on the horizon, there’s no better time to get acquainted with the author of […]
Read More A Philip K. Dick PrimerBy C.S. Lakin For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at an excerpt from a previous post titled Words of Advice from Famous Authors That Are Just Wrong. I imagine this post is bound to draw some criticism, but bring it on! Maybe it’s just me, but when I read pithy statements from famous authors that are […]
Read More Famous Authors’ Bad Writing AdviceI am really honoured to have been twice nominated in the few days for the Blogger Recognition Award! Thank you so much to Mercedes Prunty and Nicole Luttrell from Paper Beats World for nominating me! I think their blogs are really awesome too, as you might have noticed, since I have reblogged stuff from both […]
Read More Blogger Recognition Award!Originally posted on Traveling Light:
‘On Friday, a woman at my office who I greatly respect came up to me and said, “I think what you are doing is courageous. Many people your age sit in jobs like yours and stay there for years, even when they are visibly miserable. There is a world of…
We all get angry. It is natural and it can be a good thing. When it is uncontrolled or unnecessary, anger will not do us any favours on either a personal or a social level. The same is true for the characters we create. When we write about angry characters, we should remember that there […]
Read More 37 Ways to Write About AngerThis article is part of the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. Each week, we tackle one of the scientific or technological concepts pervasive in sci-fi (space travel, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, etc.) with input from an expert. Please join the mailing list to be notified every time new content is posted. About the Expert Hayley Stone received a Bachelor’s degree in […]
Read More 5 Facts About the American Old WestBy Theodora Goss It probably sounds as though this is going to be a blog post about taking risks in writing. After all, look at the title: “Writing Without a Net.” But it’s not. It’s going to be a post about writing without financial security, which is something I’ve been thinking about a lot and […]
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