Daily Archives: March 7, 2010

Juror, Officer, Commissioner, Thief…

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When I was at the Clarion Writers’ Workshop, Joe Haldeman, one of my instructors, left us with a final piece of advice that, on the surface, didn’t seem like it pertained to writing at all.  Volunteer.  Get out of the … Continue reading →


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Aliens Among Us

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(Picture of Odontodactylus scyllarus, from here.) Popkes’ third rule: If under examination it appears simple, you probably haven’t examined it closely enough. Corollary to Popkes’ third rule: If under examination it appears that something is too complex to understand, you … Continue reading →


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Writing and Young Adult Books

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Here and there you see earnest advice from people inside and outside the publishing industry who don’t read YA [young adult fiction], but they have firm ideas about what young adults “should” read, or what “values” YA novels “should” include.


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