This Rough Magic a SyFy Story
This Rough Magic a SyFy Story "What to do if your robotic parents don't live up to your expectations." I am so excited about this, and I was fascinate…
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Boilerplates and Handcrafting
Writers Readers & Genre I'm talking about meeting genre expectations here, first with my writer's hat on. Boilerplates and handcrafting, that is, …
Hang Out
Hang Out I'm reading THE QUANTUM THIEF by Hannu Rajaniemi. He uses language the way an abstract painter uses paint. Some writers have the universe, or…
Plots and Patterns
Design Patterns In my IT degree course, we learned about Design Patterns. A design pattern for coding is like a template, evolved and shaped to solve …
Point Of View
Weaving the Strands of Plot I shouldn't have relaxed so soon, thinking strands of plot were coming together, like barely visible wisps of moisture gat…
Power Crazy
A Story Of Fairy Lights And Power Failures Once upon a time, there was a green and pleasant island, in which people knew the law, and by and large, th…
Need Space White Space
Tempus Fugit and All That Is it really seven months since I blogged? A lotta white space. Whoops. The Internet sucks time like a black hole sucks matt…
Fighting Yer Demons
On the nose? They'll punch yer lights out If you are so unsubtle as to mention fighting yer demons, or his, or hers, or theirs. Screenwriters, don't, …
Ten Animation Movies With Heart
Genre-Rama Since I’m working on an adventure comedy animation story right now, I thought I’d collect ten animation movies with heart that inspire my w…
Screw Everything Just Write
Second Skin, With Warts Calloused old hack I may be (fingers not soul, we hope). I think I've grown the extra skin of resistance every writer needs t…