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New Frontiers in Writer Tech

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

By Brenda Clough  You are reading this on a computer, tablet, or phone, right? So I do not have to tell you that technology has totally changed how we read.  It also changes how we writers write. When I wrote … Continue reading →


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Rewriting Treadmills: Traditional Publishing versus E-Publishing

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

Everybody knows at least one writer who edits the same story for years.  The material is never good enough, the author is afraid to send it to editors, the author desperately wants to become the next JK Rowling or Stephen … Continue reading →


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Best Bond Gadgets

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

One of the most interesting things I’ve been asked to do as an author is create a “bracketologist” graph of James Bond gadgets and whittle my choices down to the Best Bond Gadget of All Time. My graph was a … Continue reading →


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Primitive Copy-rites of Ancient Peoples

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Vonda recently said something about hectograph and asked if I remembered it.  I wrote back to her:   Oh do I remember hectograph.  We had one when I was 12 or so.  My brother Karl used it most; I think … Continue reading →


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Where’s the Science Fiction?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

I just finished reading Jo Walton’s marvelous book, Among Others, and was delighted at the many references to science fiction in 1979/1980, when the story takes place. At that time, I was an avid reader of sf like the protagonist, … Continue reading →


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A Big Fat Welcome to Linda Nagata

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

How about a nice, warm welcome hug for Linda Nagata, our newest member here at BVC! Linda is a Nebula and Locus award-winning author based in Hawaii. She’s our first member from that neck of the woods and we’re proud … Continue reading →


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Space Elevator Could Take Us to the Stars

Posted on October 15, 2010 by

The Space Elevator is a system to lift payloads of equipment, raw materials, supplies and even people above earth’s gravity and into space without the need for rocket technology. Today’s nanotechnology, composite manufacturing, laser, and photovoltaic technology makes this not only a possibility, but a very likely reality for the near future – at least within ten years. Hundreds of students and scientists at over one hundred colleges and universities around the world are working on different components that would go into a real Space Elevator. Continue reading →


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Geek of the Week: IPhone, Therefore, I Am

Posted on April 28, 2010 by

The subject of today’s geek-out is: my iPhone. You see them everywhere. Ask a question in any group of people—”Where’s the nearest Indian restaurant?” “What does a spring-loaded thingumabobit cost these days?” or “Who played David Lopan in “Big Trouble … Continue reading →


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Geek of the Week: The Feel of Geek

Posted on January 27, 2010 by

I love mice. They’re nimble and sleek. They come in a myriad designs, sizes and colors, with or without tails, three buttons or two or one, with scroll wheels and balls and gleaming laser-optics. And they do one thing that … Continue reading →


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