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Word-Whores: Wednesday: Linda Robertson
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Linda Robertson is the author of the Persephone Alcmedi series for Pocket Books. VICIOUS CIRCLE was released in June 2009, followed by HALLOWED CIRCLE in December of that year. 2010 saw the June release of FATAL CIRCLE- making #36 on the Bookscan Fantasy Mass Market Paperback Top Fifty in its first week- and ARCANE CIRCLE in December. In 2011, WICKED CIRCLE was released, and in 2012 SHATTERED CIRCLE hit the market. A girl's got to do what a girl's got to do. And you think beauty pageants are scary? There...
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SFF Seven Authors: Can I Surprise You With A Book?
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James A. Moore. Saturday, January 7, 2017. Can I Surprise You With A Book? Probably not. Here we are, one week into the New Year and Saturday SFF7 (me) has to be contrary on the assigned topic already. We're supposed to share what book that we love, that would surprise you because it would seem an odd choice for us to make. I could give you a book or two that I read and enjoyed, to my own surprise, but LOVED? By M O'Keefe is a motorcycle club romance and I never. I could perhaps mention some of the hard ...
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Word-Whores: Thursday: Marshall Ryan Maresca
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I live in South Austin with my amazing family- my wife teaches Spanish with Live the Language. And my son is an artist whose talent never ceases to amaze me. A Murder of Mages. A Novel of the Maradaine Constabulary. Satrine Rainey—former street rat, ex-spy, mother of two, and wife to a Constabulary Inspector who lies on the edge of death, injured in the line of duty—has been forced to fake her way into the post of Constabulary Inspector to support her family. Their first case together—the ritual mu...
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Word-Whores: Monday: James Moore
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Born into a world full of comic books and far too many transfers from one apartment complex to another, James A. Moore has been an avid reader since he was able to walk. Eventually he came to understand that the words inside the word balloons on the comic book pages were actually an important part of the story—as important as the pretty pictures—and started considering writing them in addition to reading them. And spends his meager spare time working out and watching DVDs when he’s not reading. Meanwhile...
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Word-Whores: Perils of the Writer: Being Too Current
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Thursday, August 13, 2015. Perils of the Writer: Being Too Current. I was asked by an aspiring professional writer the other day whether it was all right for her teenage character to be into The Doors, or if that would seem unbelievable. I was quick to tell her that A. that is TOTALLY BELIEVABLE*, and B. that would probably be better for the long-term health of her novel. And this is coming from a 42-year-old man with Taylor Swift in his writing playlist. The Thorn of Dentonhill. Marshall Ryan Maresca is...
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Word-Whores: Contemporary References: Shared Experience
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Friday, August 14, 2015. Contemporary References: Shared Experience. Not only is this the explanation for why I'm incredibly late to my blog post, it's a segue into our topic this week: Contemporary references in fiction. But if you aren't on the inside of inside joke? The first problem with contemporary references is that they're alienating. They only really work inside a particular culture or inside a particular fandom. Sometimes that's fine. Can't be all things to all people, right? The third problem ...
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Word-Whores: Contemporary References: Stay Away From Brands and Bands
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Contemporary References: Stay Away From Brands and Bands. Lee Moyer: Diet Coke Dragon. Should you put contemporary references in your work? Depends on your genre and whether you want your story to be timeless or a time-capsule. I write second-world high fantasy. There shouldn't be any specific references to any modern-day, USA, earth-eccentric anythings mentioned. That's 80% of the joy of writing in that sub-genre. Three reasons for the No Brands rule:. Your book becomes a natio...
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Word-Whores: My Contemporary References Are Pretty Uncontemporary
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Saturday, August 15, 2015. My Contemporary References Are Pretty Uncontemporary. Wow, if you look at the word contemporary for too long it starts to seem like gibberish, doesn't it? For example, in Magic of the Nile,. This is about as risky-contemporary as I get:. Seen "The Shipwrecked Sailor" by Anonymous recently? No, I didn't think so. And actually, I have no idea if the very famous story ever was enacted by anyone along the Nile, traveling or not, but it is a dramatic tale, often cited. I fel...A clo...
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Word-Whores: Saturday: Veronica Scott
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As soon as Veronica discovered science fiction at the age of seven, watching the movie “Forbidden Planet” on television, she started creating her own worlds, writing stories complete with alpha male heroes and strong heroines. ALWAYS a Happily Ever After! Veronica has a Black Belt! But even there she sees an occasional Mars rover. Two grown daughters, a lively grandson and two cats who believe it’s All About Them keep her busy when not writing like a mad pantser. Ghost of the Nile. Egypt, 1550 BCE. But t...
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Word-Whores: Dating Your Work
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015. No, that title is not meant to reference inter-office love affairs or being married to one's work. It's meant more science-y.like carbon dating. To me, researching things is half the fun of writing. I like to find those nuggets that make a scene feel real, those mild-mannered details that are more than the sum of their parts and do something for the characterization of the people or places in the story. Labels: contemporary references in fiction. The Alchemy of Chaos. SFF Seve...
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