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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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Pitfalls of Writing SF & Fantasy #14: Everything’s in the right place!

Posted on October 4, 2009 by

Read This First! McIntyre’s First Law: Under the right circumstances, anything I tell you could be wrong. Pitfalls of Writing SF & Fantasy #14: Everything’s in the right place! Or, If it were somewhere else, that would be something to … Continue reading →


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Pitfall # 13: Size Matters!

Posted on September 13, 2009 by

Read This First! McIntyre’s First Law: Under the right circumstances, anything I tell you could be wrong. Pitfalls of Writing SF & Fantasy # 13: Size Matters! er… Doesn’t It? A word that is similar to another word, but longer, … Continue reading →


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Pitfall # 12: Seven Ways to Get Your Manuscript Rejected

Posted on September 6, 2009 by

Read This First! McIntyre’s First Law: Under the right circumstances, anything I tell you could be wrong. Pitfalls of Writing SF & Fantasy # 12: “I Am an Amateur,” or, Seven Ways to Get Your Manuscript Rejected: 1.  Turn Page … Continue reading →


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Pitfall #11: Literal v. Figurative

Posted on August 30, 2009 by

Read This First! McIntyre’s First Law: Under the right circumstances, anything I tell you could be wrong. Pitfall #11: Literal v. Figurative, or “His Head Literally…


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Pitfall #10: An Activity Almost Like Writing

Posted on August 23, 2009 by

Read This First! McIntyre’s First Law: Under the right circumstances, anything I tell you could be wrong. Pitfall #10: An Activity Almost Like Writing, or, Something Resembling Weasels A current, curious, fad among writers who should know better is the … Continue reading →


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Pitfall #9: Department of Redundancy Department

Posted on August 15, 2009 by

Read This First! McIntyre’s First Law: Under the right circumstances, anything I tell you could be wrong. Pitfall #9: Department of Redundancy Department, or, Department of Redundancy Department Samuel R. Delany’s technique for determining whether a phrase is redundant (if … Continue reading →


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Pitfalls of Writing SF & Fantasy #8: It Looks Like Seem or Appear!

Posted on August 9, 2009 by

Read This First! McIntyre’s First Law: Under the right circumstances, anything I tell you could be wrong. Pitfall #8: It Looks Like Seem or Appear! or, These Seem to Be More Weasels Be very careful about the use of words … Continue reading →


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Pitfalls of Writing SF & Fantasy #7: Neologisms

Posted on August 2, 2009 by

Read This First! McIntyre’s First Law: Under the right circumstances, anything I tell you could be wrong. Pitfall #7: Neologisms, or, Calling a Rabbit a Smeerp, or, This Essay Almost Made My Spell-Checker Toss Its Cookies Neologisms are made-up words. … Continue reading →


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Pitfalls of Writing SF & Fantasy #5: Species v. Specie

Posted on July 19, 2009 by

Read This First! McIntyre’s First Law: Under the right circumstances, anything I tell you could be wrong. Pitfall #5: Species v. Specie, or, How Much for Just That Species? A species is a group of living things reproductively isolated from … Continue reading →


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