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Sentinel and Short Stories

21 September 2008

Fahim had a dream that led to a story that we started developing. You know, this is a fairly standard thing with us. I have ideas, I bounce them off him. He has ideas, he bounces them off me, then gives them to me. So, really, it should come as no surprise that he gave [...]

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Humorous Science Fiction

27 August 2008

It’s time again for the AW blog chain, and this time, Sassee Bioche’s post before mine talks about humour. Go on, go read her post. You know you want to! Naturally, that led me to think about the humorous science fiction I’ve read. Well, really, it leads me to think of humorous fiction authors in [...]

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If I Were An Agent…

8 August 2008

This post is inspired by Chan’s post over at Fumbling with Fiction. If I were an agent, I’d still wear my elephant writing hat. Maybe not all the time, but certainly if I had public appearances. I wouldn’t wear high heels or a feather boa, I wouldn’t drink martinis at lunch (or ever), and I [...]

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The Tor site is live!

21 July 2008

And it’s at Tor.com. There are short stories available to read, free, right on the site itself. By John Scalzi and Charles Stross at the moment. There are blogs, currently including entries written by Patrick Nielsen Hayden of Making Light, Jim Henley, John Scalzi, Irene Gallo, John Klima, and a whole bunch more. Blog posts [...]

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Do you read short fiction?

19 July 2008

This is the interesting question that I mentioned in my previous post about Tor Beta – which I still can’t link to. So here’s the question for you, dear readers. Do you read short fiction? Why or why not? Under what conditions will you read short fiction? I read mostly novels as that’s what I [...]

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Top 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels

9 July 2008

This list I got from Fantasy Book Review. Since lists are not copyrightable, I’m duplicating it here. Same as in the Science Fiction post, green and bold means I’ve read it and green with no bold means I’ve only watched the movie… The Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien Assassins Quest – [...]

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Top 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels

8 July 2008

Edited to add: I saw an addendum to Rosemerry’s post over on her blog and learned that this list is part of a published book. I don’t recall reading that on Rosemerry’s blog at the time, but that could just as easily have been my goldfish memory at play as much as it could be [...]

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Best first lines

14 November 2006

100 best first lines of novels. Read ‘em and weep. Similar Posts: On another note… Learning how to write a novel Do you read short fiction? Matt’s meme on unfinished fiction Search Phrases That Lead People to My Site

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Standalone or series?

1 August 2006

You’re a new writer, unpublished. You’ve got some great ideas for a story, but you quickly realize that it’s too much idea for one novel. Do you serialize it? You talk to other writers, and opinions are all over the place – serials will sell, serials won’t sell. What to do? The choice is yours, [...]

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