Monthly Archives: July 2012

Lessons Learned From Playing in the Yard

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

By Nancy Jane Moore 1. Birds are unpredictable. My sister gave me this great bird feeder and told me to use black sunflower seeds in it. I could only find a ten-pound bag. “Goodness,” I thought, “I’ll never use that up.” … Continue reading →


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Practical Meerkat Returns: The Panic at the End of the Tunnel

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

by Laura Anne Yesterday, my fourth PSI novel, DRAGON JUSTICE, started hitting the shelves, and wending its way into readers’ hands.  At the same time, I sent off the revised and polished file for HEART OF BRIAR (aka Portals #1).  … Continue reading →


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Neo luv

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

by Jennifer Stevenson I don’t go brand-crazy very often. I buy generic bacon one week and Oscar Meyer the next, and I couldn’t tell you what kind of ballpoint pen is in my purse right now. But I’ve just got … Continue reading →


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BVC announces Pitfalls of Writing SF & Fantasy

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

Pitfalls of Writing SF & Fantasy General Useful Information, & Other Opinionated Comments by Vonda N. McIntyre By popular demand: a chapbook collecting all the Pitfalls of Writing SF & Fantasy, including a new Pitfall, #14: “Everything’s in the Right Place!”


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Weird Science: Is Special Relativity Wrong?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

The Natural Philosophy Alliance (NPA) doesn’t like 20th Century science, specifically relativity (special and general), quantum physics, the big bang and other cosmological disciplines. The members of the NPA feel that modern physics is “in dire need of a thorough … Continue reading →


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BVC Eats: Process=Processed

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

For reasons I cannot perfectly articulate, I love canning and preserving.  In particular, I like making jam, but I have nothing against pickles or preserved fruit.  There’s something about the process that I enjoy, from the cutting up and the … Continue reading →


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What Is Good Prose?

Posted on July 23, 2012 by
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Writers and readers both love to discuss, and maybe argue about, what constitutes “good” prose. From the readers’ points of view, the definition really has to come down to a matter of taste, is the conclusion I usually end up … Continue reading →


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Fiction Leaking Into Life

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

By Brenda Clough This past Christmas season, we drove north on I-81, which runs up the spine of Virginia to the town of Winchester.  This burg is of note because, along about 9-11, I selected a motel near the interstate … Continue reading →


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Fun stuff, and dramatic tension

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

            Last week a couple of writers posted that they were trying a new process that I’ll call “writing the fun stuff.” That meant trying to infuse each day’s writing only with the cool stuff. … Continue reading →


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Tucker and Dale versus Alien

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

I will be talking about film details so if you’re not interested in spoilers don’t go beyond the fold. I discovered something about my approach to writing years ago. I’m far more excited by a different take on an old … Continue reading →


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