Daily Archives: February 21, 2010

Gilman Nominated for Nebula

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Book View Cafe’s own Laura Anne Gilman has been nominated for the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) Nebula Award for her 2009 novel Flesh and Fire.  The Nebulas are given yearly to celebrate the finest works of science fiction, … Continue reading →


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Buddy System

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  Every writer should have a Writing Buddy.  By this I do not mean someone to sit in the same room and write while you’re writing.  Nor do I mean the sort of support-system buddy thing where two people agree … Continue reading →


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Hello, World

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    I’m a new addition at BVC as of tomorrow, 2/22/2010. I must introduce myself– something I’m not very good at. I always liked the beginning of Joe Haldeman‘s Mindbridge: “I was conceived sometime in the spring of 2024. … Continue reading →


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Writers on Writing: the Dreaded Data-Dump

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    In one respect, mainstream fiction writers have it much easier than we science fiction and fantasy writers, and that is the ability to briefly sketch in a story’s setting, time, and social cues. In mainstream fiction, we can … Continue reading →


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