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How to Create a World
Fantasy authors get to do something that few other genres offer. We get to create our own world. There are probably as many ways of doing it as there are fantasy authors, but there are certain common questions that are worth considering before you launch into your epic task. Because there’s one thing you…
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Warning! Sarcasm Levels High—AI Detects Boomer Need Help
(Beth Turnage Blog) Professor Halloran stood before the class and adjusted the display behind him. “HTML was not technically a programming language. It was a markup language. Notice the paired opening and closing tags. This forced early internet users to think hierarchically.” Madison raised her hand. “But why didn’t they just tell the AI…
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The Fall of the City of Bells is out now!
My novella in verse The Fall of the City of Bells is starting to show up in various online bookstores. I’m thrilled to have this available to read, and I adore the cover art made for it by Island of Wak-Wak.(Note, Island of Wak-Wak is also the pu…
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Starfleet Academy and the Comments That Proved the Point
(Beth Turnage Blog) When Quora decided to drop my take on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy into 13,000 inboxes, I expected disagreement. I did not expect a case study. Because that’s what the comment section became—not a debate about storytelling, but a live demonstration of exactly why this show matters. Starfleet Academy isn’t perfect. No…





