Oh, the powers of word processing! If you have to deal with proofread and copy edit then there’s nothing like the power of something like Microsoft Word or Apache or Libreoffice. Jane Austen had no option but rewriting her manuscript … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) (The title I chose for this essay sounds like a high school teacher trying to interest their students in civics with a really strange hack of Dungeons & Dragons. 🙂 … Continue reading
That amusing little image swam into my social media recently and oh BOY. Every writer I know who happened to see it shared it, responded to it, reacted to it, responded to it. makes you wish there really … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Democracy is rule by the people, and voting is how we assert that power. Without the right to vote — also called suffrage or political franchise — you don’t have … Continue reading
Writing What Lies Beneath was a fascinating experience for me. The early 20th century was not a time I knew a great deal about, so there was definitely a learning curve both historically and culturally. One thing that struck me … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Ah, democracy. The governmental system I, and likely most of my readers, live under . . . and also a giant can of worms. It’s “rule by the people” — … Continue reading
Best known for her adult & young adult fantasy and science fiction, Rachel Neumeier debuts at BVC with the first ebook of her Death’s Lady Trilogy, The Year’s Midnight.
Continue reading(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Which university is the world’s first depends on which definition you use for the concept. The classic view holds that universities are at their heart a European institution, growing out … Continue reading
I’d like to offer a smattering of “safety tips” that have come out of the mentoring and workshops I’ve done over the years. Some of these I’ve come by as the result of struggling with my own craft and some … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) If you’re anything like me, your formal education began very early. I’m told I entered preschool at three, kindergarten at five — though of course how much formal education per … Continue reading
