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Tag Archives: reviews
What Can I Do To Encourage And Support Fan Reviewers?
The skills needed for writing good reviews are different than the skills needed for writing good fiction. That is not to say that some people can’t have both sets of skills, but rather than being good at one does not … Continue reading
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Famous New Wave Short Fiction Writers School, Lesson II
This is a follow up to yesterday’s post, inspired by a comment from Dave Higgins. Let’s talk about Writer’s Guidelines. Just like publishers have guidelines regarding what they will and will not accept for submissions, authors should have guidelines regarding … Continue reading
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Famous New Wave Short Fiction Writers School
This is a post that I have been thinking about for a while, but a recent comment from The Parasite Guy gave me the nudge I needed to sit down and do it. I have written a lot about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beta Readers, collaboration, fiction, promotion, publishing, reviews, short story anthology, writing
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Infinity Wars: Earth’s Mightiest Baking Show
Okay, this will be a critique of the film Avengers: Infinity Wars. There will be spoilers. If you have not seen the film and intend to, read no further. Spoilers beyond this point.
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Tagged critique, drama, entertainment, fiction, film, Humor, reviews, science fiction
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Ready Player One: A Stylistic Autopsy
Okay, in this article I will be dissecting the film Ready Player One. I will not be discussing the book, which I have not read. What I have to say is directly related to significant plot elements. I am not … Continue reading
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It’s Only A Mystery If I Want To Unravel It
So. I just gave up on a book called Pines by Blake Crouch. It was read by Paul Michael Garcia, who is narrator that I really like–he’s done a number of science fiction novels including several of Heinlein’s that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Audiobook, drama, entertainment, fiction, personal, realism, reviews, writing
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I’ve been Jeffroed!
A review of my story “In The Gloaming O My Darling” from Cirsova #5.
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Tagged fantasy, horror, reviews, science fiction, short story anthology, writing
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New Blog up on Castalia House
I have never owned a Dungeon Masters Guide.
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What is “Appendix N” and why should you care?
In 1979 a company called Tactical Studies Rules published Dungeon Master’s Guide, which was the third hardcover book in their extensive reworking of the Dungeons & Dragons game. The growth of the game’s popularity had been explosive, considering that the … Continue reading
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My Review of Bruce Sterling’s Zeitgeist
New review up on The Castalia House Blog. Bruce Sterling’s Zeitgeist
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