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MARSHALL RYAN MARESCA

Category: critiquing

The Failure of Book Trailers, and the Rare Exception

Posted on January 24, 2013

As I’ve mentioned before, book trailers are something I’m of two minds about.  As a novelist with a film degree, I really like the idea of them.  But, also,  as […]

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book trailers / business of writing / critiquing / failure / reviews / writing

Preliminary ArmadilloCon Schedule

Posted on July 19, 2012

I have my schedule, which is, of course, subject to change.  As with any large, live event with a lot of moving parts, things are subject to change.  A rule […]

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aliens / ArmadilloCon / conventions / critiquing / fantasy / genre / Maradaine Constabulary / sci-fi / theatre / workshop / writing

Excerpts and Workshops

Posted on June 14, 2012

It’s been a busy week on this end, so this post will mostly be links. First, I’ve updated the Works page on my homepage.  I updated the samples of Thorn […]

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ArmadilloCon / critiquing / Holver Alley Crew / Maradaine Constabulary / Thorn of Dentonhill / Veranix / Way of the Shield / workshop

Facts not in Evidence

Posted on March 12, 2012

One of the pitfalls in writing genre fiction is, of course, the dreaded infodump.  Who doesn’t see one of those wind-ups where 6000 years of history is about to be […]

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critiquing / process of writing / writing

January is not the Month of Doom, for once

Posted on January 9, 2012

Last year at this time, I was sinus-deep in misery, thanks to Austin Cedar allergies.  It was pretty awful, much like it was in 2010 and 2009.  It actually had […]

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critiquing / Holver Alley Crew / Maradaine Constabulary / projects / writing

It always gets better

Posted on September 22, 2009

I’m kind of astounded that John Scalzi’s Ten Things Teenage Writers Should Know article (and its follow-up pieces) still get commentary action. Apparently it’s a common google hit if you […]

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