At long last, selections for the upcoming ScriptWorks 10-minute play showcase have been made!COMMODIUS VICUS – Amparo Garcia-CrowENTROPY – Marshall MarescaFAMILY TRADITIONS – Devo CarpenterFINN’S LAST DAY – Max LangertJOYCE, […]
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No One Cares About Your Word Count
I’ve heard the above phrase several times. Not specifically directed at me, but as a general message to unpublished writers. And it’s true. As unpublished writers, no one really cares […]
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This is, historically, my least productive time of year. And that’s not because of some sort of reverse-resolution thing. I actually want to come into each new year ready to […]
Read moreWhen I get Writer’s Block, I get on Photoshop
I’m not writing a Steampunk novel.I’m not really planning on writing a Steampunk novel. But, if I was going to write a Steampunk novel, it might look a little like […]
Read moreHint Fiction
Hint Fiction (aka the Norton Anthology of Hint Fiction) is now out, and it has so far gotten pretty good press and publicity, including The New Yorker and NPR. There has been, of […]
Read moreMapping the Infinite without the Z-Plane
I really enjoy the mapmaking process of worldbuilding. Especially when I’m feeling blocked in the process of writing, opening up Photoshop and doing some map work is a good way […]
Read moreMaking the Better Alien
The other day my friend D.D. wrote a post about the challenges of writing The Other, and touched on the aspects of building alien cultures that are a bit too […]
Read moreWorldbuilding, and the Real World intruding on that
OK, this is how much of a complete dork of a worldbuilder I am. If you follow astronomy news at all, you’d know that the star Gliese 581 has been […]
Read moreI’m not sure who’s Teddy Roosevelt in this metaphor.
It is said that a school of piranha can skeletonize a cow in minutes. This bit of trivia is apparently based on something of a deception– some South American officials […]
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At an ArmadilloCon panel a couple years ago, when asked where he starts with worldbuilding, Steven Brust answered, “Food.” Given Brust’s nature on any panel, the moderator at first thought […]
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