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One: he has a novel, Pair of Bullets being serialized in the poker magazine Blind Straddle. It’s a pay site. Free sample of the story. Two: he’s discovered a gene for bad science writing: Given that everyone surveyed had been writing about science for at least a week, the team suggests that having multiple copies […]

I’m finally making more progress with Alien Blue; once again, writer’s block defeated by figuring out I needed to stop beating my head against the wall that my outline ran me up against, and go around. I jotted something down for Bill to say to his listener just after his “black moment.” I ended up

So I went with a group of girls from work to the Crooked Still concert in town. Never heard of them before. OOoooOOOooo. Here’s a good one of Happy Bob Dylan on the banjo.

Here’s my best guess at the drink I made up at Margie and Dave’s house on Saturday* is as follows: Persephone’s tempation———————-1 1/2 shots of tequila1/2 shot of triple sec1/4 c pomegranate juiceTwo twists of lime2 t sugarsugared cranberries (optional) Add ice and stir. Doing it again, I’d probably peel a lime and add the

I tell you, I am obsessed with the whole “Weird West” idea,* basically, South Dakota ghost stories. I sat down this morning to brainstorm NaNoWriMo ideas for November (since I became vehemently discouraged with the previous idea while reading The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray, by Chris Wooding; it wasn’t the same plot but motivated by

via Very Good Taste. Here’s a chance for a little interactivity for all the bloggers out there. Below is a list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food –

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I really should have parceled these out, one a week. Unfortunately, when I do that kind of thing, I start revising too much, or I forget to finish the damned thing. Last one 🙂 What’s the difference between major and minor characters? Not a whole lot. The main character contains the story conflict; the major

How to make a minor character that symbolizes an element in the story. This one’s tricky. Nebulous. I’m grasping at straws… Maybe I’m just splitting hairs with this last category here, but I want to differentiate between theme and story element. If a theme is a mini-moral, a minor building block of the “so what,”

How to make minor characters that establish setting. Setting isn’t just buildings, weather, and stuff–it’s characters, too. Setting establishes: Place and time (in our example, a modern-day college town) Mood (an ordinary college town–not Miskatonic U.) Theme* (education is a part of real life, not separate from it) The setting should go back to the