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Antagonists and Plot
I've been discussing antagonists and plot with one of my writer-friends, which has blossomed into ideas for this post. So here are my thoughts on antagonists...
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Writing Exercise: Conspiracy Theories
Today's writing exercise features conspiracy theories. These are good for exploring alternate history and timelines.
1) Read this list of "Top 10 Conspiracy Theories."2) According to one theory of quantum mechanics, every "possible" choice or path manifests itself in some branch of reality. According to one theory of time travel, a time machine ( Read more... ) -
Writing Exercise: Smart Animals
I saw this fascinating article about 10 smart animals. (That creepy genius spider is lookin' at me...) Nature is endlessly inventive.
The most important question in speculative fiction isn't "What if...?" but rather "... and then what?" So, here is your writing exercise:
- Get out a 10-sided die (or in some other fashion generate a random ( Read more... )
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Goals for 2009
So far, I've tallied my accomplishments from 2008 in terms of goals and writing/editing projects. Now I'm thinking ahead.
Here are some of my goals for 2008:
- Find new agent to replace the one that resigned from the agency.
- Place one new book-length project on the market, either by writing a book proposal or by writing a complete book ( Read more... )
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Accepting submissions for Issue 3, & the release of Issue 1!
New Genre for December
In December we will be accepting submissions for our third issue, to be released in February 2009. The "Theme" genre for December submissions is ( ”ROMANCE” ) -
High Treason - A Sci-Fi short story
This is the beginning to a sci-fi contest that I am entering. This is just the intro, but I would love to hear what you guys think, i.e., would you keep reading? Thanks in advance!
High Treason
Have you ever gotten that overwhelming, smoldering, can’t-be-ignored feeling in your very soul that you are witnessing history in the making? Before today ( Read more... ) -
My Work in EMG-Zine
Check out the November issue of EMG-Zine to see my article "Xenolinguistics: Making It Up As You Go Along" and my poem "The String of Beads" complete with art tutorial by ellenmillion
