Author: Lindsey Duncan
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Today is the Day! Scylla and Charybdis out (ebook)
Today is the day! My space opera / soft science fiction novel, Scylla and Charybdis, is now available! Check it out HERE!
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Wednesday Wanderings – What’s In A Name?
Some writers use placeholders in their works instead of character names, using Find-Replace when the right name comes to them. I can’t even imagine being able to do that. While I’m not a writer who gets clever with hidden meanings and inside jokes, to me, a name becomes inextricably bound up with the character. I…
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Song Styles
Since it was put together when I wrote the novel, most of my Scylla and Charybdis soundtrack is older. My music tastes have drifted and acquired new nuances since. But there is one more recent song that I simply had to add, because it …
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Touring To …
Well, hey – I’m over at Marco’s blog today, talking about worldbuilding! Check it out.
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Goodreads Review: Did You Say Chicks?! ed. Esther Friesner
Did You Say Chicks?! by Esther M. FriesnerMy rating: 3 of 5 starsI really wanted to love this anthology: parodies of sexist sword and sorcery stories are right up my alley, and I’ve always enjoyed Friesner as both an author and an anthologist. Some of …
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Wednesday Wanderings – How It Started
I never intended to write a novel. Scylla and Charybdis was supposed to be a short story. In hindsight, I’d never written a “real” science fiction novel before: I’d dabbled in it, but they were all terrible, straight up fantasy-in-space, or both, written when I was too green a writer to know better. (There’s a…
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Guest Author Interview: Frances Kay
I’m not the only excellent author at Grimbold Books, and today, fellow author Frances Kay visits, interviewed by the titular cats, Grim and Bold. (As a person owned by two fluffy white dogs, I cannot endorse cat supremacy, but cats are sometimes as wonderful as dogs. Sometimes.) Here’s Frances’ intro:What are Dollywagglers? A dismissive name…
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The Tour Rolls Along …
And I’m visiting Paul James Caiden to discuss how I came up with the idea for Scylla and Charybdis, and why an SF novel has such a mythological name, anyway … check it out!
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Song Styles
My Scylla and Charybdis soundtrack has a variety of selections, from songs about the overall arc to those focused on specific characters and situations … but there’s one group of songs that I can only describe as bratty.With a male dominated and…
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Guest Author Post: Daniel Ausema!
Today, I welcome Daniel Ausema to my blog to talk about his book, The Silk Betrayal! He’s a fantastic writer with a great knack for unusual, vivid settings, and an experimental bent that enhances whatever project he’s tackling. Here’s Daniel …Thank you, Lindsey, for hosting me here today. I’m looking forward to you coming to…