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The A to Z April Challenge
Are you a blogger and a fan of NaNoWriMo? Apparently there is a very NaNo-like challenge for bloggers that just came to my attention. The A to Z April Challenge asks bloggers to write a blog post every...
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The Rise of the Serial Narrative
Recently the serial narrative has been on the rise in a variety of different mediums. For those who have grown up in the 20th and 21st centuries (which should be all of you unless one of you is a...
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Amtrak to Team Up with Writers
For those of you who haven’t heard, Amtrak has begun work on a writers’ residency program that will provide free roundtrip travel to writers. The idea is to provide writers with a space to write in...
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Kickstarting a Restoration
Writers draw their inspiration from a lot of different places, but I’ve found that many, especially sci-fi and fantasy writers, draw from history when they are thinking about stories to write. History...
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The Art of Pitching
I spent this past weekend up in Boston for PAX East, which (for those of you who don’t know) is one of the largest gaming conventions in the country. I love gaming, and I believe that gaming is a very...
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Altered Perceptions
I write a lot of posts about different Kickstarter projects that strike my fancy. There are some great games, movies, and shows that are able to be created due to the power crowdfunding. Kickstarter,...
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Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds
I wrote about the new Ms Marvel yesterday and touched on the need for more stories with diverse characters. As it turns out, the Speculative Fiction Foundation is trying to promote that same idea with...
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The Montegrappa Scholastic Prize for New Children’s Writing
Hello readers, I wanted to apologize for not having written as much this week…at least not on this blog. I have been churning out fairly regular content on my other blog (Pardon the Disconnect), as...
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The Hollywood Science Fiction Museum Project
A couple of years ago a non-profit organization called the New Starship Foundation raised money on Kickstarter to help save the touring bridge of the Enterprise from Star Trek TNG. Now, after the...
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Updates and Updates
Hello readers! So I was out of town this past weekend, and unfortunately that meant that I didn’t get around to writing anything ahead of time for my usual Tuesday posting. Since I didn’t have...
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Joining Pinterest and Blog Update
In an effort to expand my platform in a fun new direction, I’ve recently joined Pinterest. I’m a very visual person, and ideas for my writing are often inspired by pieces of art I see, especially...
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