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Absolute Write Novermber 2012 Blog Chain: National Mock Review Month
Tweet of the Day: What is Science Fiction for? ——- Starting Date: Monday, November 5, 2012 Open to all forum members, even after it starts! This month’s prompt: NaMoReMo (National Mock Review Month) In the spirit of NaNoWriMo, write a mock review of a writing project that you have done or would like to do. […]
World Building Wednesday: Fictionalizing Your World Building
Tweet of the Day: More than Magic & Gadgets- Taking Science Fiction and Fantasy to Another Level ——– Show don’t Tell, or so the old writing adage goes. So much so that I either read or written the line above at least once in the last year. It is one of the reasons why most […]
Weekend Roundup: June 24-30
Tweet of the Day: History, Worldbuilding, and Bricolage ——– Another week of posts? How time flies when you’re having fun. It has been an interesting (and hot, oh bloody hell was it hot) week. Kicked off with me diving into a new sub-genre (Science Fiction Romance) and ended with some high level thinking about feminist […]
Space for Rent: Enter the Newsreader
Tweet of the Day: Strings of Retaliation- 1b – iGo Crazy ——– Normally this is not the space for news of any kind but this place is flexible enough that I can bend the rules from time to time. The piece of news in question is that I’m writing for NERD TREK about video games […]
Weekend Roundup: July 17-23
Tweet of the Day: The End: Harry Potter ——– Wow, what a week! Started in a high note and ended in tragedy. What happened in this little blog of mine pales by comparison, but life goes on. Sun: The week started with some very bad writing in Sunday Tweet + A Blog Chain. Mon: TV […]
Wizards’ World War: Dispatch 15 – Tear Brittania
Tweet of the Day: Drama vs. Melodrama: Can You Tell the Difference? ——- Intro- 14 – 16 ——- ITV Studios, The Ten O’clock News London, UK, 5 August, 18:00 hours local The anchorman looked stared at the lens of camera three, a stern crease on his eyebrows as he narrated the days events: A third […]
Sunday Tweet: What Will Pottermore Know?
Tweet of the Day: What Will Pottermore Know? ——- I found a sight that combines two of the things I love, the Harry Potter books and my love for writing. Harry Potter for Writers! How can you go wrong with that combination? You can’t. You won’t. It is not possible. And the post I link […]
Weekend Roundup: June 19-25
Tweet of the Day: J.K. Rowling Is Self-Publishing: A Closer Look ——– So, what happened this week? Pottermore got revealed, sort off. It seems that Mrs. Rowling has decided to harness the power of the internet, fan fiction and digital media to upend the publishing world on its head. Is it a revolution? Or just […]