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05/19/10

Speculative Fiction Blog

We’re still mired in The House of Plague. Slow moving … lots of moaning … occasional screaming … yeah, I think I’ve become a zombie. Today I bring you yet another fabulous group blog (methinks this is a trend nowadays, where authors who write in a similar vein join together to promote their works, and the genre): The Spectacle Authors… Read More

05/18/10

League of Extraordinary Writers

Mighty Mite is sick. I’m sick. The couch is a cozy, but not very happy place. And so I will simply share the news of a new blog that you all should check out: The League of Extraordinary Writers It’s a group blog of five debut (2011) writers, who all share a love of (and have written a book about)… Read More

05/17/10

Guest Post on Author’s Echo

The gracious Adam Heine has allowed me to guest post on his blog Author’s Echo today. You can find me talking about The Fiction of Writing over there! Happy Monday!

05/14/10

Breaking the Laws of Physics

As I venture forth into a new genre (Steampunk, see Matthew Delman’s treatise on the subject) for a contest, I found myself desiring to break the laws of physics in favor of fashion. Bad scientist! I know. Now, there are some rules you can break in genre fiction, and some you cannot, and it’s important to know which ones. Once I figured… Read More

05/13/10

Writer’s Doubt

“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ~Sylvia Plath Given how Ms. Plath ended her life, there is a solemn overtone to that quote. Following yesterday’s post on the bravery of writing, I thought of the many things that keep us from putting words on the page. High on my list are the distractions of everyday life: Twitter (oh my… Read More

05/12/10

Writing as an Act of Bravery

Writing has always has been an act of bravery. Words carry power, and the writers that use their words to resist oppression – like Vaclav Havel, whose extensive resistance to the Communist regime in Czechoslavakia inspired a human rights award – deserve our awe and support. The freedoms we take for granted, including Free Speech, were hard won by people willing to wield… Read More