Tag Archive | writers
TV Tropes Monday: Fantastic Racism
Tweet of the Day: Writing Excuses 7.22: Microcasting ——– The sad truth is that folks don’t get along. They tend to hate on those of different skin color, sex, sexual identity, age, religion, nationality, wealth and even hair color. So it should come as no surprise that we see the same in speculative fiction. When [...]
For the Love of Poe
Tweet of the Day: Illustrations that made Edgar Allan Poe’s stories even more horrifying ——- Long time readers of this blog know a few things about me including that I do not like horror yet I am a devoted fan of Edgar Allan Poe. How can I be a fan of Poe, the man that [...]
Space for Rent: The History of Story Endings in Video Games
Tweet of the Day: Does Your Story Need Subplots? ——– And what it can teach us about our writing. History time children! Back in the olden days of video games, where quarters and cartridges ruled, all you had to do was sit in front of the screen, drop a coin (or plug in a cartridge) [...]
TV Tropes Monday: Lipstick Lesbian
Tweet of the Day: Revealing Writer ——– A lipstick lesbian is a lesbian who dresses and acts in a manner that is considered conventionally feminine (for instance, wearing lipstick). Main-character lesbians on TV tend to fall into this category more often, as it’s often seen as “safer”, unless the show is going for “edgy”. [...]
Space for Rent: Rod Serling-Then and Today
Tweet of the Day: Strings of Retaliation – 3a – Back ——- I saw this video on Tor.com and found it fascinating. Mike Wallace interviewing Rod Serling on the subjects of writing and censorship, subjects that are close to my heart: The first thought that struck was: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose…. [...]
Space for Rent: Art for Art Sake Meets the Public as Patron
Tweet of the Day: When the Reader Becomes the Enemy: Lessons from Pottermore ——– This is one those post that until now sat on my draft folder for no other reason that I did not know how to express my idea(s) about the subject in a coherent manner. Enter Mass Effect 3. If you haven’t [...]
Space for Rent: Gender Marketing
Tweet of the Day: Who is FemShep? ——- Another post on gender and marketing. And you probably seen this video before. If you haven’t, take a look: There you have it. From an early age manufacturers target their products along gender lines. Why? Because it works. But for those of us who want to brake [...]
To Self-Publish Or Not To Self-Publish
Tweet of the Day: Endings and Modern Authors ——– That is the question, specially in the age of digital publication. Should you stick to the tried and true methods or cut through the red tape and plunge yourself into the icy waters of do-it-yourself publication? What about the costs? Marketing? Competition? Time allotment? Quality control? [...]
Occam’s Razor or Why Quantity Does Not Equal Depth
Tweet of the Day: Writing Excuses 6.29: Character Foils ——– Occam’s razor, also known as Ockham’s razor, and sometimes expressed in Latin as lex parsimoniae (the law of parsimony, economy or succinctness), is a principle that generally recommends from among competing hypotheses selecting the one that makes the fewest new assumptions. Or…. More is not [...]
Weekend Roundup: December 11-17
Tweet of the Day: The Most Important Writing Lesson I Ever Learned ——– Well, what do you know, a full week of blogging! It has been awhile, hasn’t it. I guess it must be the holidays or something. Lets take a peek, shall we? Sun: Kicking off the week with some philosophical musings- Off Limits [...]
