Daily Archives: May 9, 2012

American Women Writers National Museum

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By Brenda Clough People near Washington DC are invited to a panel discussion on Friday downtown at the American Women Writers National Museum.  We will be discussing women in SF and Fantasy.  I didn’t even know there was a museum … Continue reading →


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Everything Is Source Material

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Everything is source material. My best friend from college days died a couple of years ago. He was only fifty-three. He wasn’t in top condition, but he wasn’t so battered and frayed that he had acquired the habit of checking … Continue reading →


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Faith in Fiction 3: Writing Belief Systems

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The Straw Religion A Straw Man is an imaginary construct that embodies everything the writer doesn’t like about something, someone, or some group. By nature, it requires gross a generalization that attaches the particular to a whole. In the context … Continue reading →


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