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Tag Archives: realism
Florida Man
To make it very clear, I am talking about the Audiobook in this review, and not the Graphic Novel project with the same name. Given that they use the same cover art, I am guessing that they are the same … Continue reading
Posted in Artists That I Admire, Hard Weird, On Writing
Tagged Audiobook, drama, entertainment, fiction, promotion, realism, reviews, writing
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Beyond Kings And Princesses
This book was written by Oren Litwin, who is the publisher of Lagrange Books. Lagrange Books is the publisher of Bad Dreams & Broken Hearts, and also several anthologies that feature my stories. Having admitted that connection between us, let … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Dreams & Broken Hearts, On Promotion, On Publishing, On Writing, Uncategorized
Tagged creativity, critique, fiction, promotion, publishing, realism, reviews, writing
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Life Is Just A Party And Parties Aren’t Meant To Last
When I was putting together the stories that comprise Bad Dreams & Broken Hearts I wanted to include some kind of supplemental material from the world of Dracoheim. It seemed to fit the feel of the work, like the map … Continue reading
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Tagged entertainment, fantasy, fiction, realism, work in progress, writing
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One Hundred Five Thousand Seven Hundred
Yesterday I posted a list of my 2019 publications. Compiling that list was an interesting experience. For one thing, it was more than I had thought I had done–I tend not to spend much time thinking about what I’ve done, … Continue reading
Posted in Hard Weird, New Wave, On Publishing, On Writing
Tagged fantasy, fiction, publishing, realism, science fiction, short story anthology, writing
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Hard Weird
I think I’ve come up with a new way to describe what genre it is that I work in. Hard Weird. I think that’s an evocative phrase, and I hope it’s fairly self-explanatory. SF/F fans are familiar with the phrase … Continue reading
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Smash The Mirror
Describing a character is just about the worst way to introduce a character to me. Sadly, it’s also one of the most common. Now, maybe it’s just me, but when a story opens up by focusing on a character–not just … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, critique, realism, writing
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He Came Home From The War With A Party In His Head
This is a follow up to my earlier post, If I Exorcise My Devils Then My Angels Will Leave Too. In that post I talked about the concept of personal growth as a story arc and why I think it’s … Continue reading
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If I Exorcise My Devils Then My Angels Will Leave Too
Recently I gave up on three books in rapid succession, and all for the same reason. Unlikeable protagonists. More than that–protagonists who were introduced in such a way as to showcase their negative characteristics. And I see these books–and quite … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, drama, fiction, realism, work in progress, writing
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A Dragon Among Dragons: The Decay Of Fantasy
“The old fairy tale makes the hero a normal human boy; it is his adventures that are startling; they startle him because he is normal. But in the modern psychological novel the hero is abnormal; the centre is not central. … Continue reading
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Superscience, the Uncanny, and the Miraculous
This post has grown out of a discussion regarding my earlier post on the subject of magic in fiction and a comment that was made regarding Clarke’s Law. Clarke’s Law states that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. … Continue reading
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