# SFF Bloggers

> Feed your need for SF & Fantasy


## Posts

- [Arekan’s Blog: Not Another Feline Overlord](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2284&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arekans-blog-not-another-feline-overlord): (Arekan’s Blog) Arekan: Scribe, what is THAT doing here? Beth: (Innocently): What? Arekan: Don’t give me “what.” After three years of blissful peace, the brown cat returned. What? It couldn’t find another sucker to feed it, so it came back to you? Beth: You are confused. Arekan: I have never been, or ever, especially now, […] The post Arekan’s Blog: Not Another Feline Overlord first appeared on Beth Turnage.
- [The Craft of Writing: Creativity, Neurochemistry, and the Writing Journey.](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2276&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-craft-of-writing-creativity-neurochemistry-and-the-writing-journey)
- [A Trade in Betrayals at MileHiCon!](https://www.danielausema.com/2024/10/a-trade-in-betrayals-at-milehicon.html):  Yesterday I finally had a chance to hold a copy of A Trade in Betrayals in my hands! I'll be down at MileHiCon in Denver this weekend for its release. I have a few panels I'm on, and I'll be hanging out at Guardbridge Books' vendor table a bunch ...
- [An Author Interview With Kelleen Rynin](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2263&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-author-interview-with-kelleen-rynin): (Beth Turnage) I recently took a writer’s workshop, Young Adult Novel Writing with Emily Colin at Authors Publish. One of the exercises was to write an interview with your character. Since I’m working on Master’s License, I chose 14-year-old Kelleen Rynin, the protagonist of the story, which was very brave of me. I’d never attempt […] The post An Author Interview With Kelleen Rynin first appeared on Beth Turnage.
- [A Fantasy World That’s All Grown Up](https://nykiblatchley.com/2024/10/06/a-fantasy-world-thats-all-grown-up/): There’s a very clear traditional idea of what a fantasy world is supposed to be like. It has warriors riding horses and wielding swords and axes. It doesn’t have them travelling on planes and operating computers. It just doesn’t. But why not? After all, our world has had all that and much, much more, atContinue reading "A Fantasy World That’s All Grown Up"
- ["A Benthic Myth of the Deep Sea" in The Pink Hydra!](https://www.danielausema.com/2024/09/a-benthic-myth-of-deep-sea-in-pink-hydra.html):  A short flash fiction story of mine, "A Benthic Myth of the Deep Sea," recently came out in The Pink Hydra. Lots of other stories and poems in that issue, as well, so plenty of excellent things to read.It's a stealing-fire-from-the-gods story. Wi...
- [The Aryan Fallacy](https://nykiblatchley.com/2024/08/30/the-aryan-fallacy/): Note: This is an updated version of a post on my old blog from 2015. Recent events suggest that it may need saying again. In 1938, J.R.R. Tolkien received a letter from a German publisher who proposed to publish a translation of The Hobbit. According to the laws under the Nazi government, they requested himContinue reading "The Aryan Fallacy"
- [Doctor Who Series 1 — or Series 14 — or Series 40](https://nykiblatchley.com/2024/07/19/doctor-who-series-1-or-series-14-or-series-40/): The most recent series of Doctor Who finished a couple of weeks ago. Due to Disney’s dictates, it’s officially described as Series 1, which has angered a lot of fans, who insist that it’s actually Series 14. Whereas, as us old-timers know, it’s really Series 40. Whatever it’s called, though, I’ve now had time toContinue reading "Doctor Who Series 1 — or Series 14 — or Series 40"
- [The Dangers of an Echo Chamber](https://flinthatchet.wordpress.com/2024/06/29/the-dangers-of-an-echo-chamber/): So … I’m sure most readers are familiar with the idea of an echo chamber: a person surrounding themselves only with people who agree with that person, so that the only ideas the person hears are similar to their own—you know, echoing back their own opinions. It’s often brought up in terms of cultural or … Continue reading The Dangers of an Echo Chamber
- [Who Wants to Live Forever?](https://nykiblatchley.com/2024/05/24/who-wants-to-live-forever/): About forty years ago, I wrote a short story exploring the idea of immortality. The main character (a kind of everyman — or everywoman in this case) does a favour to a supernatural being who, in gratitude, offers to make her immortal. As she’s a bit unsure what to make of this, he takes herContinue reading "Who Wants to Live Forever?"
- [Poetry Thunderdome podcast!](https://www.danielausema.com/2024/05/poetry-thunderdome-podcast.html):  Here's something fun that you may have missed!Last month I had a chance to participate in Deborah L. Davitt's Shining Moon podcast with a group of other speculative poets. We talked about poetry and our paths with writing it, and the central focu...
- [Poetry Thunderdome podcast!](https://www.danielausema.com/2024/05/poetry-thunderdome-podcast.html):  Here's something fun that you may have missed!Last month I had a chance to participate in Deborah L. Davitt's Shining Moon podcast with a group of other speculative poets. We talked about poetry and our paths with writing it, and the central focu...
- [Empires, Evil and Otherwise](https://nykiblatchley.com/2024/05/01/empires-evil-and-otherwise/): You don’t have to travel far within either fantasy or science fiction before you trip over an empire. If anything, in fact, they’re even more prevalent in SF than in fantasy, from the empire of the Klingons and the one that strikes back to the enemies of the Foundation and of the Atreides. Most areContinue reading "Empires, Evil and Otherwise"
- [Hanging Out With the Kids — Recent YA Fantasy TV](https://nykiblatchley.com/2024/04/08/hanging-out-with-the-kids-recent-ya-fantasy-tv/): In general, the best stories don’t have an upper age limit, and this fact has been traditionally recognised in fantasy more than most genres. The Hobbit, the Chronicles of Narnia, His Dark Materials — they were all published as children’s books, and the all-ages phenomenon of Harry Potter put kids’ books and films firmly onContinue reading "Hanging Out With the Kids — Recent YA Fantasy TV"
- [Interview About “Shuttlers”](https://stephenoliver-author.com/interview-about-shuttlers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-about-shuttlers): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Interview About “Shuttlers” first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Flash fiction: "In the City of the Faced" in Factor Four Magazine!](https://www.danielausema.com/2024/03/flash-fiction-in-city-of-faced-in.html): This publication went quickly from acceptance to being available. "In the City of the Faced" is a story about a person who's actually a swarm of bees. It's in the March issue of Factor Four Magazine. Give it a read!
- [Flash fiction: "In the City of the Faced" in Factor Four Magazine!](https://www.danielausema.com/2024/03/flash-fiction-in-city-of-faced-in.html): This publication went quickly from acceptance to being available. "In the City of the Faced" is a story about a person who's actually a swarm of bees. It's in the March issue of Factor Four Magazine. Give it a read!
- [Unleashing Your Dreams](https://stephenoliver-author.com/unleashing-your-dreams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unleashing-your-dreams): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Unleashing Your Dreams first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #26](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-26/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-26): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #26 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #25](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-25/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-25): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #25 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #24](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-24/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-24): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #24 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #23](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-23/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-23): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #23 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #22](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-22/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-22): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #22 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #21](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-21/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-21): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #21 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #20](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-20/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-20): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #20 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #19](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-19/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-19): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #19 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #18](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-18/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-18): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #18 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #17](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-17/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-17): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #17 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #15](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-15/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-15): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #15 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #14](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-14/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-14): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #14 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #13](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-13/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-13): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #13 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #12](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-12/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-12): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #12 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #11](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-11): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #11 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #10](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-10/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-10): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #10 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #9](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-9/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-9): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #9 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #8](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-8): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #8 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #7](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-7/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-7): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #7 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #6](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-6/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-6): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #6 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #5](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-5): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #5 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #4](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-4): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #4 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Daily Writing Tip #3](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tip-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tip-3): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tip #3 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [What’s in a Surname?](https://nykiblatchley.com/2024/02/12/whats-in-a-surname/): It used to be simple enough. Fantasy names were Conan the Barbarian, Elric of Melniboné, Aragorn son of Arathorn. That even applied to sophisticated SF races: Vulcans and Klingons made do with a single name each, for instance. No self-respecting fantasy character would have such a thing as a surname — unless, of course, theyContinue reading "What’s in a Surname?"
- [Daily Writing Tips](https://stephenoliver-author.com/daily-writing-tips/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-writing-tips): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Daily Writing Tips first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [International Site Update](https://stephenoliver-author.com/international-site-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=international-site-update): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post International Site Update first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [My Writing Goals for 2024](https://nykiblatchley.com/2024/01/19/my-writing-goals-for-2024/): New Year is a terrible time for resolutions. We make them because we feel under pressure to do so, not because we really want to. We “ought” to go on that diet or join the gym, and the commitment quickly runs out because it comes from outside. Far better to make the resolution at whateverContinue reading "My Writing Goals for 2024"
- [Open Writing Salon](https://stephenoliver-author.com/open-writing-salon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-writing-salon): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Open Writing Salon first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Happy New Year!](https://stephenoliver-author.com/happy-new-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-new-year):  				 				 				 				 				 				 				 				 				 				 				 				 				 				 				 				 				 				 				 					 					 				 				 			 			 				 				 				 				 			 				 				 			  Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To ...
- [Season(ing)s Greetings](https://stephenoliver-author.com/seasonings-greetings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seasonings-greetings): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post Season(ing)s Greetings first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Merry inbetweeny-mas!](https://www.shaunpaulstevens.com/blog/merry-inbetweeny-mas/): Hey, how’s it going? I hope I find you suitably baked in your post-Christmas befuddlement. Schrödinger’s cat (Spoiler, Neo was alive, after all) See you later, 2023 2023 may have been all about AI and Covid recriminations, but we’re all about hum...
- [2023 wrap-up (Award Eligibility post)](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/12/2023-wrap-up-award-eligibility-post.html): It's that time of year to look back at what I had published this past year (and supposedly to advocate for them to appear on year-end recommendation lists and award short lists and the like, but I'm never very good at that part of it). I had 3 short st...
- [2023 wrap-up (Award Eligibility post)](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/12/2023-wrap-up-award-eligibility-post.html): It's that time of year to look back at what I had published this past year (and supposedly to advocate for them to appear on year-end recommendation lists and award short lists and the like, but I'm never very good at that part of it). I had 3 short st...
- [Reprint in Cosmic Muse anthology!](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/12/reprint-in-cosmic-muse-anthology.html):  My story "The Triptych of the Final String" was published last year in New Myths. It's a flash story about stories and what we can learn from each other's stories.For those who've read (and decide now to read...) The Arcist Chronicles books, the ...
- [Reprint in Cosmic Muse anthology!](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/12/reprint-in-cosmic-muse-anthology.html):  My story "The Triptych of the Final String" was published last year in New Myths. It's a flash story about stories and what we can learn from each other's stories.For those who've read (and decide now to read...) The Arcist Chronicles books, the ...
- [WhitLit 3 Photographs](https://stephenoliver-author.com/whitlit-3-photographs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whitlit-3-photographs): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post WhitLit 3 Photographs first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Introducing Loshi vi Assarid — The Thief of Shimeth](https://nykiblatchley.com/2023/11/22/introducing-loshi-vi-assarid-the-thief-of-shimeth/): Back in the late 1970s, I wrote a short story called The Gift of the Outcast. It was a deliberate attempt to write something that was closer to traditional sword & sorcery than the more elaborate fantasy I was writing. It concerned a young thief, Loshi, in a city called Shimeth who was hired toContinue reading "Introducing Loshi vi Assarid — The Thief of Shimeth"
- ["The Alien Words, Formed and Empty" in Star*Line](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/10/the-alien-words-formed-and-empty-in.html): My poem "The Alien Words, Formed and Empty" is in the latest issue of Star*Line. It's a poem about aliens, architecture, and communication.Star*Line is the official magazine for the SFPA. This joins a handful of others I've had in various issues. I'm a...
- ["The Alien Words, Formed and Empty" in Star*Line](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/10/the-alien-words-formed-and-empty-in.html): My poem "The Alien Words, Formed and Empty" is in the latest issue of Star*Line. It's a poem about aliens, architecture, and communication.Star*Line is the official magazine for the SFPA. This joins a handful of others I've had in various issues. I'm a...
- ["The Alien Words, Formed and Empty" in Star*Line](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/10/the-alien-words-formed-and-empty-in.html): My poem "The Alien Words, Formed and Empty" is in the latest issue of Star*Line. It's a poem about aliens, architecture, and communication.Star*Line is the official magazine for the SFPA. This joins a handful of others I've had in various issues. I'm a...
- [WhitLit 3](https://stephenoliver-author.com/whitlit-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whitlit-3): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post WhitLit 3 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [WhitLit 3](https://stephenoliver-author.com/whitlit-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whitlit-3): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.× The post WhitLit 3 first appeared on Stephen Oliver's Author Site.
- [Kickstart Your #Writing Using #AI—Number 5: Analyze Your Story Telling Effectiveness](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2195&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kickstart-your-writing-using-ai-number-5-analyze-your-story-telling-effectiveness): When you are pecking at your keyboard in the wee hours of the morning, you wonder if what you’re writing is any good. Even I, who have worked as a ghostwriter for nine and half years question if what I’m, churning out crafting will entertain readers. Many of us turn to Beta readers for feedback, […]
- [Kickstart Your #Writing Using #AI—Number 5: Analyze Your Story Telling Effectiveness](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2195&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kickstart-your-writing-using-ai-number-5-analyze-your-story-telling-effectiveness): When you are pecking at your keyboard in the wee hours of the morning, you wonder if what you’re writing is any good. Even I, who have worked as a ghostwriter for nine and half years question if what I’m, churning out crafting will entertain readers. Many of us turn to Beta readers for feedback, […]
- [Whittlesey Wordsmiths](https://stephenoliver-author.com/whittlesey-wordsmiths/): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.×
- [Update to Celebrating My Birthday](https://stephenoliver-author.com/celebrating-my-birthday-2/): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.×
- [Ancestors](https://stephenoliver-author.com/ancestors/): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.×
- [Celebrating My Birthday](https://stephenoliver-author.com/celebrating-my-birthday/): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.×
- [Wheel of Time & TV Review](https://www.shaunpaulstevens.com/blog/wheel-of-time-tv-review/): Let’s talk Wheel of Time. How are you enjoying season 2? As you probably know, we have brought the After-Time podcast back (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/after-time), and it’s a thumbs up from the panel this time round. Much better than seaso...
- [Kick Start Your #Writing Using AI: #4 Summarize Your Chapter](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2186&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kick-start-your-writing-using-ai-4-summarize-your-chapter): You’ve written an outline, and things are going great. You are cooking on all burners and the story is flowing—until it isn’t. Maybe, you got a brilliant idea during a chapter, or a character gets rowdy, and takes it over, or—you know how it is. The chapter that is now bears little resemblance to the […]
- [Kick Start Your #Writing Using AI: #4 Summarize Your Chapter](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2186&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kick-start-your-writing-using-ai-4-summarize-your-chapter): You’ve written an outline, and things are going great. You are cooking on all burners and the story is flowing—until it isn’t. Maybe, you got a brilliant idea during a chapter, or a character gets rowdy, and takes it over, or—you know how it is. The chapter that is now bears little resemblance to the […]
- [AI Secrets to Kickstart Your Writing: #3 Dig for Research Info](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2180&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-secrets-to-kickstart-your-writing-3-dig-for-research-info): One of my favorite benefits of using AI is its ability to gather research information in and ordered list for your consideration.However, you must exercise caution in using this information, as Chat is prone to fudge its results. You should check it against internet sources. Yet, the wealth of what it digs up is impressive, […]
- [AI Secrets To Kick Start Your Writing: #2—Outline Your Chapter](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2175&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-secrets-to-kick-start-your-writing-2-outline-your-chapter): What’s the biggest obstacle a writer faces? Even if you have outlined your book. Staring at the page for the start of that new chapter. Endlessly. All writers do this—even famous ones. Take, for instance, Sylvia Plath: Sylvia Plath (from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath) Monday, July 7 (1958): …But I have no idea how […]
- [How Do We Foster Life-Long Readers?](https://jmhieber.wordpress.com/2023/09/17/how-do-we-foster-life-long-readers/): “That’s the best book we’ve ever been assigned to read,” I heard a student say to a friend in my classroom last week. Another student, on the day of our final discussion, said he wasn’t feeling 100% well but decided to come to school anyway because he didn’t want to miss us talking about the […]
- [Witch World by Andre Norton — A Retrospect](https://nykiblatchley.com/2023/09/17/witch-world-by-andre-norton-a-retrospect/): Back in the 1970s, after reading Lord of the Rings had changed my world, I naturally went looking for similar books. Lin Carter and the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series proved invaluable, not only for the old classics they reprinted, but also for the many other authors and series Carter name-checked in his various introductions. OneContinue reading "Witch World by Andre Norton — A Retrospect"
- [5 Stellar Ways to Use #AI in Your #Writing—#1 Rough Outline Your Novel](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2169&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-stellar-ways-to-use-ai-in-your-writing-1-rough-outline-your-novel): Forget the controversy over whether to use AI in your prose. This issue will shake out as writers use AI more and develop best practices in writing fiction with AI. But you can do some things with AI that help you with the mundane writing tasks that help to speed up your work with nasty […]
- [Free Story](https://stephenoliver-author.com/free-story/): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.×
- [Guest Post on “Date With the Muse”](https://stephenoliver-author.com/guest-post-on-date-with-the-muse/): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.×
- [Stephen Oliver, Purveyor of the Paranormal](https://stephenoliver-author.com/stephen-oliver-purveyor-of-the-paranormal/): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.×
- [An African Interview](https://stephenoliver-author.com/an-african-interview/): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.×
- [What is the Writing Gym?](https://stephenoliver-author.com/what-is-the-writing-gym/): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.×
- [The Market of Magical Goods collection in print!](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/08/the-market-of-magical-goods-collection.html):  And in the next catching-up-on-things post, I've collected all the Market of Magical Goods drabbles that I used to put up on Curious Fictions, added another dozen that hadn't been published before, and made them into a chapbook. It's something sm...
- [The Market of Magical Goods collection in print!](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/08/the-market-of-magical-goods-collection.html):  And in the next catching-up-on-things post, I've collected all the Market of Magical Goods drabbles that I used to put up on Curious Fictions, added another dozen that hadn't been published before, and made them into a chapbook. It's something sm...
- [A Friend, a Flower, and a Pineapple](https://jmhieber.wordpress.com/2023/08/20/a-friend-a-flower-and-a-pineapple/): A few years ago, my wife and I had a good friend who lived here in Malaysia and taught at the same school (English in the classroom next to mine). He was always good at appreciating people, being encouraging, and finding out how to meet people’s needs. His presence was a good inspiration for me […]
- [Another poem sold to Star*Line](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/08/another-poem-sold-to-starline.html):  As I said in my last post, I have a variety of things that happened as or just before I was away on a family vacation. Just a quick one today, but one I'm very pleased with, is that Star*Line has accepted another of my poems. "The Alien Words, Fo...
- [Another poem sold to Star*Line](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/08/another-poem-sold-to-starline.html):  As I said in my last post, I have a variety of things that happened as or just before I was away on a family vacation. Just a quick one today, but one I'm very pleased with, is that Star*Line has accepted another of my poems. "The Alien Words, Fo...
- ["What Passes for Eyes in Dreams and Death" in Fantasy](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/07/what-passes-for-eyes-in-dreams-and.html):  I've been traveling (and even when not traveling, pulled in a thousand directions at once), so I have several different new publications/announcements/news-type things to post about that each deserve their own post. So first, in June my story "Wh...
- ["What Passes for Eyes in Dreams and Death" in Fantasy](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/07/what-passes-for-eyes-in-dreams-and.html):  I've been traveling (and even when not traveling, pulled in a thousand directions at once), so I have several different new publications/announcements/news-type things to post about that each deserve their own post. So first, in June my story "Wh...
- [I Hate Airports](https://jmhieber.wordpress.com/2023/07/20/i-hate-airports/): I briefly tried to count the number of airports I’ve been to in my 35 years and quickly gave it up as a lost cause. From dinky little regional ones, to massive, opulent international hubs, I’ve experienced it all. From unexpectedly long layovers to finding the perfect traveling meal, I’ve hit pretty much everything on […]
- [Music festivals and summer shenanigans…](https://www.shaunpaulstevens.com/blog/music-festivals-and-summer-shenanigans/): I’ve just got back from Glastonbury – the Daddy of music festivals. Boy! It almost killed me. We must have walked 20 miles a day at LEAST! Unfortunately, I pulled a calf muscle a week before going – I could hardly walk – an old football injury recurren...
- [The Craft of #Writing: Fact Check Your #AI](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2158&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-craft-of-writing-fact-check-your-ai): ChatGPT is an amazing tool, but like all resources used for research in your writing, you need to recheck the information it provides. Below is an example of today’s research: Beth: Good morning. How does weightlessness in space feel? ChatGPT: Good morning! Weightlessness in space is a unique and fascinating sensation. When you are in […]
- [Teaching is Exhausting](https://jmhieber.wordpress.com/2023/06/15/teaching-is-exhausting/): Sitting here at the end of my 10th full year of teaching, I’m exhausted. Those of us who get into this career know what we’re in for; non-teachers will often make sympathetic comments about how hard it must be to be a teacher; even lots of our students are perceptive enough to see the many […]
- [Rotary Club](https://stephenoliver-author.com/rotary-club/): Yesterday, I gave a talk to a Rotary Club meeting in New Hampshire from here in England via Zoom, organised by Annalisa, my writing coach. I told them about being a writer and author, winning prizes, and read them one of the stories from Paranormal City: Bogeyman Blues. They all seemed to enjoy it. I […]
- [Whittlesey Women’s Institute](http://stephenoliverblog.com/whittlesey-womens-institute/): On Tuesday evening, I gave a talk about my book “Unleash Your Dreams” to Whittlesey WI (Women's Institute). After a Q&A, we had coffee and cakes together, and I got a chance to chat with the ladies. I sold a few copies of my book, including one that was the main raffle prize. I think […]
- [Whittlesey Women’s Institute](https://stephenoliver-author.com/whittlesey-womens-institute/): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.×
- [Riding to the Rescue!](https://flinthatchet.wordpress.com/2023/05/24/riding-to-the-rescue/): So … Whether it’s the group of riders sweeping around the corner and charging into battle to save the day, or a powerful figure entering a boardroom to save the main character from corporate malfeasance, I think most people love a good last-minute intervention by the cavalry riding to the rescue. It’s a staple of … Continue reading Riding to the Rescue!
- ["Hands That Cannot Grasp" in Kaleidotrope!](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/05/hands-that-cannot-grasp-in-kaleidotrope.html): A bit late to this (and there's more news coming very soon to add to it...). But I'm thrilled that my poem "Hands That Cannot Grasp" appeared in the latest issue of Kaleidotrope. It is a poem of transformation:Why did we do it? Why thistransformation i...
- ["Hands That Cannot Grasp" in Kaleidotrope!](https://www.danielausema.com/2023/05/hands-that-cannot-grasp-in-kaleidotrope.html): A bit late to this (and there's more news coming very soon to add to it...). But I'm thrilled that my poem "Hands That Cannot Grasp" appeared in the latest issue of Kaleidotrope. It is a poem of transformation:Why did we do it? Why thistransformation i...
- [THE WRITERS FORUM Book of the Year 2023](https://stephenoliver-author.com/the-writers-forum-book-of-the-year-2023/): Install this web app on your Android: Tap menu, more options, and then Add Shortcut To Homescreen.×
- [Neuroscience in the English Classroom](https://jmhieber.wordpress.com/2023/05/20/neuroscience-in-the-english-classroom/): This school year, I decided to lean into something that I’d previously only been incorporating in a piecemeal manner in my classroom. Starting at the beginning of the school year, my 10th graders have gotten a healthy dose of neuroscience in my English classes. In part, it’s because I’m fascinated by it and often find […]
- [The Craft of #Writing: #Pantsing versus #Outlining](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2153&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-craft-of-writing-pantsing-versus-outlining): The following is from my post on Quora responding to this question: Do writers and authors write out an outline of their novel first? How detailed is the outline? Whether to outline or “pants” (meaning to write by the seat of their pants) is individual to each writer. Some people, (like me,) “pre-write” their books […]
- [The Craft of #Writing: #Pantsing versus #Outlining](https://bethturnage.com/?p=2153&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-craft-of-writing-pantsing-versus-outlining): The following is from my post on Quora responding to this question: Do writers and authors write out an outline of their novel first? How detailed is the outline? Whether to outline or “pants” (meaning to write by the seat of their pants) is individual to each writer. Some people, (like me,) “pre-write” their books […]

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