Given that it’s Christmas eve, I’m not devoting a lot of time to today’s blog. I’m sure you understand. But I was thinking about religious texts, and how they inform […]
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Wide Sprawling Epic Casts
It’s the nature of sci-fi and fantasy to go big, and big means a cast of “main” characters in the dozens, and hundreds of minor characters. And, as much as […]
Read moreAnalyzing Flawed Arc Structure, Part 5
Parts one, two, three and four of looking at Star Trek: Enterprise‘s third season Xindi Arc. “Home”, the third episode* of the fourth season of Star Trek: Enterprise served as […]
Read moreAnalyzing Flawed Arc Structure, Part 4
Parts one, two and three. The third act of the Xindi Arc is pretty action packed. On some level, it does make up for the heel-dragging and aimlessness of the […]
Read moreAnalyzing Flawed Arc Structure, Part 3
A continuation of my analysis of the Xindi-arc of Star Trek: Enterprise. Parts one and two. The argument could be made that the first third was a “slow build”, putting […]
Read moreAnalyzing Flawed Arc Structure, Part 2
As I mentioned earlier, I’m analyzing a flawed structure as part of an exercise to improve my own writing, specifically using the third “Xindi Arc” season of Star Trek: Enterprise. […]
Read moreThanksgiving Quick Post
Happy Thanksgiving, all. I’ve got pies and stuffing and turkey to make*, so I won’t go on for too long on this post**. I had considered just linking to some […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: False Starts
It hits like lightning across the forebrain. The Brilliant Idea that will be the Next New Book. And every thought is consumed with the “Oh, wow!”ness of this new idea. […]
Read moreFantasy Fiction and Democracy
Let’s face it: democracy is not a key factor in most fantasy fiction. It is a genre that has its foundations built on a primarily European-based aristocracy/nobility model. One of […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: The Slow Process of Getting the Ball Rolling
¡Feliz día de los muertos! We’re now in November, which for some writerly types, means NaNoWriMo, aka Nation Novel Writing Month. If you aren’t in the know, participants pledge to […]
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