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TRYING TO KEEP LITERARY AWARDS FROM FAVORING LITERARY CRITERIA IS AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY. GET OVER IT. | The official home page of author Eric Flint
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The official home page of author Eric Flint. News, announcements, and snippets from Eric Flint. 1632 series reading order. Eric Flint’s Bookstore. 1636: The Cardinal Virtues – Snippet 40. 1636: The Cardinal Virtues – Snippet 41 →. TRYING TO KEEP LITERARY AWARDS FROM FAVORING LITERARY CRITERIA IS AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY. GET OVER IT. June 16, 2015. Having come up with that nifty albeit long-winded title, I’m tempted to just write see above and take a nap. You don’t think there’s such a word as evitable?
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Musings, not necessarily sorted | Brad R. Torgersen
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Brad R. Torgersen. Blue Collar Speculative Fiction. Skip to primary content. Articles, Interviews, Guest Blogs. BRT Success – A Definition. Musings, not necessarily sorted. May 13, 2015. Brad R. Torgersen. I’ve noticed that some people (who were opposed to the Sad Puppies effort. Are actually reading the contents of the Hugo final ballot, and are. To discover that a) some of the work really. Hugo-worthy, and b) none of it is the product of bigoted, evil, white, hateful male minds. Now, nothing SP3. On th...
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Making Light: Discussing Specific Changes to the Hugo Nomination Election: A Post Not By Bruce Schneier
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Language, fraud, folly, truth, knitting, and growing luminous by eating light. Back to previous post: Hugo IV: A New Hope. Go to Making Light's front page. Forward to next post: Dysfunctional Families: Boundaries. Via RSS) to this post's comment thread. (What does this mean? A quick introduction.). May 12, 2015. Discussing Specific Changes to the Hugo Nomination Election: A Post Not By Bruce Schneier. Posted by Abi Sutherland at 02:36 AM *. By Keith “Kilo” Watt. Remaining Issues “To-Do” List:]. All the p...
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Writing Excuses 10.16: What Do I Do With All This Blank Space? | Writing Excuses
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New to the Podcast? Register for OUT OF EXCUSES 2016. Writing Excuses 10.16: What Do I Do With All This Blank Space? April 19, 2015. The first page is often the very hardest one to write. In this episode we talk about how to fill the space on the first few pages of your story, because those are the pages where you have to convince the reader to keep going, and the very first page is often the only chance you have to get the reader’s attention at all. Podcast: Play in new window. The Golem and the Jinni.
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Making Light: E Pluribus Hugo: Out of Many, A Hugo
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Language, fraud, folly, truth, knitting, and growing luminous by eating light. Back to previous post: Reading for Rockets. Go to Making Light's front page. Forward to next post: USA Sweet USA. Via RSS) to this post's comment thread. (What does this mean? A quick introduction.). May 26, 2015. E Pluribus Hugo: Out of Many, A Hugo. Posted by Abi Sutherland at 02:11 PM * 826 comments. 1 RME instead of 6th place. 2 (1,1), (1,2), or (1,2,2) for ties in points. I’ve written the proposal and FAQ explanatio...
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A different cluetrain - Charlie's Diary
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Being the blog of Charles Stross, author, and occasional guests . Back to: Escape from the planet of the Ice Giants. Forward to: Even More Obligatory Author Shilling. Right now, I'm chewing over the final edits on a rather political book. And I think, as it's a near future setting, I should jot down some axioms about politics . Since the collapse of the USSR and the rise of post-Tiananmen China it has become glaringly obvious that capitalism does not require democracy. Or even benefit from it. Ca...The i...
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10 | May | 2015 | Writing Excuses
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New to the Podcast? Register for OUT OF EXCUSES 2016. Daily Archives: May 10, 2015. Writing Excuses 10.19: Intrigue. May 10, 2015. What’s the difference between intrigue, suspense, and mystery? We answer this (it comes down to reader knowledge vs character knowledge), and then talk about what makes intrigue useful as a tool for any story, and how to use it without falling back on idiot character plots, or simply withholding information from the reader. Podcast: Play in new window. August 17, 2016. August...
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Writing Excuses Episode 27: World-Building Religion | Writing Excuses
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New to the Podcast? Register for OUT OF EXCUSES 2016. Writing Excuses Episode 27: World-Building Religion. August 10, 2008. The Writing Excuses team sits down to talk about religion as a world-building device: your characters probably believe in something, so what is it? How does it affect their lives? How does it change their thoughts and motivations (and swear words)? And when you’re developing a fake religion, how do you avoid religious bias and keep from offending people? Podcast: Play in new window.
