Monthly Archives: January 2011

Everyday Gluten Glitches (Let the Gluten Go #9)

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

How food, diet, and dieting affected my writing and my life.  And maybe effects yours… So you’re going along, thinking you are starting to get the hang of the gluten thing, and then – pow!  You have a very bad … Continue reading →


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Writing Nowadays–Opening Clearly

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

I know we were discussing the etiquette of rewrite requests, but something came up just now, and it needs timely addressing. Former literary agent Nathan Bransford keeps up a blog about writing, and every so often he runs contests.  The … Continue reading →


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Talking Heads

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

Have books come to this? Are we now writing screenplays and TV scripts instead of novels? Could talking heads be the latest trend? Continue reading →


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Readers, Writers, and Blogs

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

The illo is a Hogarth print depicting the print culture of the eighteenth century, which is many ways reminds me of the blogoverse; people saw these prints put up in windows, commenting on the day’s news. The prints went up … Continue reading →


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The Sex Pt. 1 — Where?

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

Birds do it, bees do it.  The poet goes on to assure us that educated fleas, camels, bears and in Boston, even beans do it.  And increasingly, editors of many aspects of the romance genre are demanding more of It, … Continue reading →


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Most Embarrassing Moments

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

When I was 19 a student journalist asked me to contribute to an article she was writing on people’s most embarrassing moments. I wasn’t sure why she’d asked me but had a feeling that some people had the impression that … Continue reading →


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Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, week 4

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

Welcome to week four, and some advice on signings, booksellers, and ego-bruising. My first signing was a group event, at some convention or another.  I had, I think, two stories out at the time, in anthologies. The signing was arranged … Continue reading →


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Kitchen Redesign (Let the Gluten Go #8)

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

How food, diet, and dieting affected my writing and my life.  And maybe effects yours… Redesigning the kitchen? You ask.  Huh?  What do you mean? Well, if you’re very careful about crumbs, and you scald and occasionally oil your cutting … Continue reading →


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Reading for Fun: The Aubrey/Maturin Series

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Years ago my friend Robert Wexler gave me a copy of Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander. My friend Anne Sheldon also raved about the Aubrey/Maturin series, and my fading memory tells me that Nicola Griffith recommended it to our Clarion … Continue reading →


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Why Urban Fantasy?

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

This blog is not intended as a researched study.  More my own observations and prejudices about the various aspects of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Next week, February 1, 2011 my 4th urban fantasy Forest Moon Rising, A Tess Noncoiré Adventure … Continue reading →


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