Daily Archives: November 27, 2011

Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, week 47

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by Laura Anne Gilman I hope all the USAns reading here had a lovely Thanksgiving.  I did – except for the part where my main computer ended up in the shop, and my backup refused to connect to the internet, … Continue reading →


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Consideration of Works Past: The Green Rain

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Usually, I talk about science every two weeks. But the turkey tryptophan is still coursing through my veins and I can’t face it. So I’ll wax literary for a bit. Over the past few years I’ve been re-reading works that … Continue reading →


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The Harry Potter Phenomenon

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by Sherwood Smith In her short novel, or novella, Bellwether, Connie Willis speculates in a sort of Josephine Tey manner on how fashions change, and who changes them. The question could be reframed as, can we recognize what it is … Continue reading →


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