A bit of silver in the spam cloud (at least for writers)
Spam isn’t entirely evil. In fact I have come up with way to make use of it. When I need a quick name for one of my characters — something that always gives me pause when I’m writing — I scan my spam...
View ArticleOn showing not telling and a look at character based teasers
E. E. Knight has a couple of blog entries of note. The first is on showing not telling, or, in other words, how to avoid exposition dumps. This got me thinking about the opening scenes for the two...
View ArticleStylin’ Manuscripts
I was reading something Lyda Morehouse was blogging about at sfnovelists.com and, as she was making the point that manuscript formatting is important to writers seeking to become published, I thought I...
View ArticleIceberg style of worldbuilding
Iceberg style of worldbuilding Last night I was having a discussion with Chris H. about a critique that I had received for “The Unmodified Man”. The core of this critique was that one of the...
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