Month: May 2018
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Meeting Your Heroes — Why Author Interaction Matters
So…. I was brought into mind on this topic by a post made by Petrik Leo, a prolific reviewer for Booknest.EU and Goodreads. It came about in the SPFBO Facebook group, on a discussion about reviewers. Petrik had a sidebar sub-thread on brutal reviews where he stated, “I was called a huge jerk and an…
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Wednesday Wanderings
I posted briefly about this on Facebook, but I thought it bore another look. Most of you who are acquainted with writers (which I suppose, almost by default, means all of you) have probably heard the term “plotters vs pantsers” at some point.&nbs…
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Song Styles
I’ve finally reached the climactic scene(s) in Surgeburnt, where the timelines come together and we finally learn what drove Maren to betray her team to save them … at the same time that things come to a head in the present. And it makes m…
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Wednesday Wanderings
I’ve posted before about how I don’t think I would do well as a YA writer, for various reasons. Two reasons that stand out are these. One, I was homeschooled from kindergarten through highschool graduation, so I lack that very common school…
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Song Styles
Lindsey is about to depart from the usual character themesong focus of this post and discuss a musical album – so if that’s not to your taste, exit now, but I will tell you it has a very fantasy vibe, even though it has no specific speculative content….
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Guest post: Part-time Human
I’m over at Part-time Human (yeah, that has to be one of the best blog titles ever) talking about Scylla and Charybdis (of course) and life as a creative (complicated, but funny): https://jmhieber.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/guest-post-lin…
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Wednesday Wanderings
A recent Facebook post reminded me of the old days of fandom roleplaying and fan fiction, when everyone had to post prominent legal disclaimers to avoid being sued by a favorite author, and even that didn’t prevent threats and harassment. As a wr…
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GoodReads Review: The Man Who Tasted Shapes – Richard E. Cytowic
The Man Who Tasted Shapes by Richard E. CytowicMy rating: 4 of 5 starsI loved the wide range of this book, from the prevailing attitudes of medicine and neuroscience to the well-described details of how to hypothesize and conduct experiments on synesth…
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Song Styles
Happy Mother’s Days to all the moms out there, whether your children be human, four-legged, biological, adopted, or a spark of hope for the future.Here’s a song that I always associate with mothers, even though I don’t believe it’s explicitly mentioned…
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Grimbold Interview!
My Grimbold Books interview is up on the Jackson Tango today. Check it out:https://thejacksontango.wordpress.com/2018/05/13/author-spotlight-lindsey-duncan-author-of-scylla-and-charybdis/