Monthly Archives: March 2010

The Writer’s Life: Two Pages Plus

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

Soon I’ll reach the six and a half year mark on a challenge I’ve been doing: the 2+ pages challenge. I got this from Julie Hyzy, who inspired me to give it a try. Simple idea, really. Write two manuscript … Continue reading →


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Brave New (Writing) World: Program or Be Programmed

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

Douglas Rushkoff has some provocative things to say about learning how the underlying system works in this video clip from his talk at South by Southwest: Program or Be Programmed Posted using ShareThis


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Getting Ideas: Fixations, Earworms, Jungian Memes

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

Some people know the funny, odd story behind my first professionally-published science fiction story, “The Ballad of Jonny Punkinhead,” which appeared in the “New Writers” issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1996.  My little creature was … Continue reading →


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All Things Weird and Wonderful: The Squattable Apple Nanopod

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

I love weird things and I’m going to write about them. Hopefully every Tuesday right here at BVC. But only if they’re wonderful. By that I mean, not negative. Most people, having limited imagination, think weird implies some sort of … Continue reading →


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The Writing Life: Where Were You?

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

Occasionally, the circumstances of writing (or reading) a particular story linger, becoming indelibly associated with that particular tale. I think we particularly remember those that come to us during extreme times in our lives, times of darkness and difficulty as … Continue reading →


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Writing and Waiting

Posted on March 29, 2010 by

So the queries have gone out. Now what? Now you do two things: wait and write.


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Fantasy and Comedy of Manners

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

Is Fantasy or Comedy of Manners really hearkening back to days of yore, when everyone knew their place, and were content to stay in it? Or is it really subversive, as many aficionados claim–subversion implied as a good thing?


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The Great Copyright Debate

Posted on March 27, 2010 by

So, most weekdays, instead of staying at home like a normal writer, I go work at this great co-working space downtown.  The idea is you pay a monthly membership and you’re guaranteed a desk, the internet, and you get use … Continue reading →


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Lambing 2010 Begins For Real

Posted on March 27, 2010 by

After several false starts – and three long nights of trying to sleep while Lamb Cam TV played on our bedside table – lambing has begun. Here’s the first of the 2010 class putting his best foot forward. He’s less … Continue reading →


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A Riff on Rereading

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

I took down Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander last night, and as I held the book in my hands I contemplated the pleasurable feeling of expectation. When I first read a great book I am no longer I, but ego … Continue reading →


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