Year: 2016
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Excerpt from Pilgrimage to Skara
Shameless plug for the book, along with a quick excerpt: * * * * * * * Keilie shivered. “I’m frightened.” “Me too.” “I should have stayed in Hightown.” “Maybe. But what’s done is done. If we escape these woods, do you want me to take you home?” She did not answer. Wendt said, “There…
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Comment on A new “Splash.” by Beth Turnage
I saw a trailer for the Magnificent Seven in the theater this weekend. It looked okay, but trailers can be deceptive. I agree that perhaps Hollywood should sometimes leave well enough alone but then there are other movies that beg for a better remake. Dune is one such story. How I longed for the SyFy…
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Scrivener on iOS
One week ago, Scrivener launched an iPhone app and updated their desktop application to support syncing projects between devices through DropBox. I tried it out and figured I’d help you do the same. Getting Setup In order to work on your existing projects on-the-go, you will need a few things. First you will need a free DropBox account.…
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50K words!
I’ve just passed 50K words in my Lunhina WiP! This is an important milestone that I thought warranted a shout out on my blog. Attention world: go me!
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Sanderson 2016 Lectures
Brandon Sanderson has started posting his 2016 lecture series on YouTube. As he described in a blog post on his website, the original lectures from 2012-14 were mainly to help a student on a small nothing project, and yet they have inadvertently become a major part of his web presence. This time around, he brought…
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Tidbit of nothing
Wazzup peeps… long time no write. Word count: 66043 (6368 more since last post. Totally missed all my targets…)Progression: Just ‘finalized’ the draft of chapter 13, almost 1K words on ch 14.I just came through a terrible bout of writer’s block. I won’t bore you with the details. But that is why I have not…
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Worldbuilder’s Disease
Mitch Hedberg once said, “Alcoholism is a disease, but it’s the only one you can get yelled at for having.” Well, there’s also Worldbuilder’s Disease and I’m going to yell at you right now for having it – the simple truth is NO ONE CARES!Worldbuilder’s…
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Thinking About Writing
Writing is hard.Ordering your thoughts into coherent and effective wording, with well-paced and enjoyable clarity is not an easy thing. There are those for whom it comes to more naturally, of course, but I’m not sure if I’m one of those people. I edit …
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Breaking News: Britain Chooses Picture as Leader
British voters yesterday chose a print of a late-nineteenth-century oil painting to lead their country for the foreseeable future. The picture shows a white family at a table drinking tea. A portrait of Queen Victoria hangs on the wall. Golden-tinged sunlight streams in from a window, through which a carefully-tended garden is visible. The picture…
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The wisdom of Cato the Elder
The Roman senator Cato the Elder was not a very nice man. When he was young he fought in the Second Punic War against Carthage. The war devastated Italy, and Rome was nearly defeated. But it finally prevailed and imposed a peace treaty on the Carthaginians that basically came down to “All your empire are…