Writing interviews and how-tos from a SF writer who’s still learning.
Open 2022 Word Count: 41200 (?) Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 93 (maybe? Bots broke themselves) Ditch Diggers returns April 4! Horizon Forbidden West Family Game Time Main Topic: Agents, and the Magic We Need them to Do Listener…
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Open 2022 Word Count: 39600ish Ursula’s word count today: 1120 Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 93 Main Topic: Ursula Vernon. ‘Nuff Said. A Wild T. Kingfisher Appears! Here There Be Cursing… Sushi Good, deep fried fish bad… wait,…
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Open 2022 Word Count: 38500? Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 93 Last chance Hugo nominations (ends March 15) Upcoming changes at Escape Pod Main Topic: Brain weasels When brain weasels attack and charge down riding the avoidance…
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Open 2022 Word Count: 38083 Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 81 Yay Premee Nebula nom Yay secret project update Notes on Writing the Other [ dog cam and dog treats activated ] Main Topic: Falling into those Fiction Traps, and Ways to…
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Open 2022 Word Count: 37083 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open through March 15 Team Rejection count: 81 Nebula Awards Finalists announced, and there was much rejoicing! Ditch Diggers update Main Topic: Task Avoidance Hows and Whys …
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Open 2022 Word Count: ~34809 Doing character research… ? Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open through March 15 Team Rejection count: 78 ISBW Book Club launch imminent Main Topic: Why most writers can’t duplicate Sanderson, told through…
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ISBW S18 Ep18 Open 2022 Word Count: ~34000 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 55 Main Topic: The Agency that Characters Should Have Giving lead & side characters the ability to make choices about…
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Open Mur’s newest, STATION: ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022 (Cover So Pretty) 2022 Word Count: ~31000 Murder mysteries should not be boring There’s no such thing as a working convention visit Authors cannot control book prices. Don’t…
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Open STATION ETERNITY will be out on October 4 2022 (Cover So Pretty) 2022 Word Count: ~34000 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 50 Main Topic: The Burdens of “Could” and “Should” Analysis…
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Open Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022 (Cover So Pretty) 2022 Word Count: 29193 Heading for Boskone Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 42 Main Topic: Ending Your Stories …
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