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On Ruining Lives
At our regular Thursday night NaNoWriMo write-in, one of our participants started asking questions about horses. This led to her confessing that she felt bad for her main character, and was trying to throw her a bone. When you start … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged black moment, changes, character conflict, chuck wendig, conflict, doctor who, doomsday, dresden files, harry dresden, heaven's spite, jill kismet, jim butcher, lilith saintcrow, miriam black, mockingbird, nora sutherlin, original sinners, raymond chandler, rose tyler, russell t davies, tenth doctor, the siren, tiffany reisz, wesley railey, writers ruin fictional lives
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I have some things to say about “literary fiction.”
All right, folks. By now everyone knows my taste in fiction – running hard to fantasy and mystery. I dabble in other categories and subgenres – hard science fiction/space opera, steampunk, cyberpunk, alternate history/mythology (especially a morbid fascination with versions … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged agatha christie, alastair reynolds, carl hiassen, dashiell hammett, edward rutherford, elliott peters, fantasy, genre fiction, george r.r. martin, isaac asimov, j.r.r. tolkien, jim butcher, jim fergus, joe hill, literary fiction, michael chabon, mystery, neil gaiman, new york times bestseller list, oprah's book club, orson scott card, paranormal mystery, patrick rothfuss, rant, raymond chandler, rob thurman, science fiction, stephen fry, stephen king, steven saylor, tana french, terry pratchett, tess gerritsen, urban fantasy
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The trouble with RPG characters
A published writer friend (nancygray.blogspot.com) of mine told she started my manuscript. I, reasonably enough, asked what she thought so far. She said, “Your writing style sounds a little Dresdenish.” I laughed and said, “Well, the narrator was born a … Continue reading
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