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Tag Archives: writing advice
The Joy of Writing, How to Lose It and How to Get It Back
First of all, I’d like to share a couple of promotions, because who doesn’t love free or cheap books? The first of those promotion is the Mirth & Mischief sale at Double-Cross Lit, where you can get fifteen e-books, including … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s child, crime fiction, In Love and War, indie publishing, international writer, promotion, romance, science fiction, science fiction romance, Shattered Empire, Silencer, space opera, write to market, writing advice, writing craft, writing life, writing process
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Ian McEwan is Clueless about Science Fiction
I have to admit that I never liked Ian McEwan. He always struck me as the sort of white middle class dude novelist who believes that his white middle class dude stories are somehow of universal human relevance. I disliked … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged alternate history, artificial intelligence, cliché, gender, genre bashing, genre vs. literary, genre wank, German SF, Iain M. Banks, Ian McEwan, literary fiction, Margaret Atwood, mundane science fiction, robots, science fiction, some people are arseholes, The Handmaid's Tale, writing advice
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for December 2018
It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some November … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure SF, alien invasion, aliens, anthologies, children's fantasy, children's mystery, cozy fantasy, cyberpunk, dark fantasy, dragons, epic fantasy, ghosts, grimdark fantasy, horror, indie speculative fiction of the month, LGBT, LitRPG, mages, military fantasy, non-fiction, Norse mythology, other people's books, our books, paranormal mystery, paranormal romance, pirates, robots, science fantasy, science fiction romance, short fiction collection, space colonisation, space exploration, space opera, steampunk, sword and sorcery, time travel, urban fantasy, vampires, writing advice
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Alarm für Cobra 11 and the Lester Dent Pulp Fiction master plot
I quite like Alarm für Cobra 11, a German TV show of about two highway cops (Turkish-German cop Semir Gerkan, played by Erdogan Atalay, and a succession of partners) and their cases, that has some of the best vehicle stunts … Continue reading
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Tagged Alarm für Cobra 11, German TV, pulp fiction, writing advice
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The “Is my book a romance?” flowchart
Because this question keeps popping up on writers forums and the like, here is a handy flowchart to answer the question “Is my book a romance?”
R.I.P. Jay Lake
Speculative fiction writer Jay Lake passed away today after a long battle with cancer. Here are tributes from Ruth Nestvold, Charlie Jane Anders at iO9 and Tor.com. SF Signal has also compiled a round-up of rememberances and tributes. Unlike most … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrity deaths, fantasy, Jay Lake, science fiction, short fiction, writing advice
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Palm Sunday Linkdump
True story, I actually was in Rome on Palm Sunday once. Our hotel was near the Vatican and so I even chanced to see the Pope (John Paul II, i.e. two popes ago) holding mass on St. Peter’s Square. I … Continue reading
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Tagged gender, genre wank, GLBT, linkdump, paranormal romance, relentless darkness, urban fantasy, vampires, writing advice
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A Pop Culture Fatigue Themed Linkdump
First of all, I have been interviewed by Brianna Lee McKenzie at The Cozy Corner Reading Room, so come on over and say hello. I’ve also got a round-up of writerly links and plugs over at Pegasus Pulp. iO9 asks … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s child, Doctor Who, gender, horror, interviews, Marvel, opera, Pegasus Pulp, science fiction, superheroes, Wagner, writing advice, x-men, YA fiction
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Just Strangle the Damned Cat! – The Problem of Formulaic Storytelling
Yesterday I blogged about how I don’t much care for what is currently considered “quality drama” in the US and that I find many of the regular, non-prestigious TV dramas, cop shows, police procedurals and the like, inferior to similar … Continue reading
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Tagged A-Team, Game of Thrones, German literature, Hollywood, how-to books, mythology, plotting, US TV, writing advice
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Sick of Summer Linkdump
Sorry for the lack of blogging these past two weeks, but I have not just been insanely busy ever since the summer holidays began, but I also caught a nasty summer flu bug last week and have been pretty sick. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s child, bestsellers, children's TV, drugs, epic fantasy, funny, gender, Germany, GLBT, linguistics, linkdump, science fiction, Sesame Street, writing advice
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