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Steampunk self-pub | Relative Chronology

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First things first: my fifth NaNoWriMo win! This one’s not as exciting as the last four because my word count goal of 30,000 was significantly lower than the traditional 50,000 words, and the book is not finished, so I’ll have to keep writing it beyond the end of Camp NaNoWriMo. But whatever, I still get my winner banner! In writing this book, I wasn’t so worried about meticulous accuracy or subtle storytelling. I just had fun with it and reveled in everything strange and fun about Victoriana and ste...

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The social benefits of writing, or, The writing benefits of being social | Relative Chronology

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The social benefits of writing, or, The writing benefits of being social. Before this week’s post I want to give a shout out to one of my writing buddies, Margaret! You should go check out her blog. Because it’s awesome. Her “About Me” mentions “ science fiction, fantasy and anthropology. 8221; – a winning combo in my book. Following on that, this week I’m going to talk about the importance of community in having a writing life/habit/hobby/career. Image credit William Stolley. And tagged Camp NaNoWriMo.

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Millennials know what they’re doing | Relative Chronology

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Millennials know what they’re doing. Well, at least as much as any generation before us. This week’s post is a call for sanity: can we please, please, stop bashing millennials. Generation Y, Digital Natives, the Me Generation, call it what you will, it’s a common target in the news media and elsewhere. I don’t object because I’m offended. I object because it’s lazy writing and irresponsible journalism. Hey, he could write for the New York Times! For example, take this article in the New York Times. That ...

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Iceland | Travis Caulfield - Travel Photos

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Travis Caulfield – Travel Photos from around the world. Travis Caulfield – Travel Photos. Photos by Travis Caulfield of Travel Destinations. Barcelona’s Summer Best: The Alaire Terrace Bar. July 5, 2013. Beautiful photo of Iceland, photo by Corbis. Or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. July 5, 2013 at 10:26 pm. That is just gorgeous. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email.

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My Other Sites | Mountains And the Sea

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Mountains And the Sea. Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Language, and Life Abroad. How to…in Bishkek. 8211; I’m gradually moving everything from this blog over to a self-hosted site. My last year in China, spent learning Uyghur (unsuccessfully) and teaching (somewhat more successfully) at a university in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Pictures of food from around China. Mostly photos from my years in Beijing. My second year after graduating from Reed I worked as a college guidance counselor in Foshan and Guangzhou. You are commen...

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Cherry Brick Road, Bonn, Germany | Travis Caulfield - Travel Photos

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Travis Caulfield – Travel Photos from around the world. Travis Caulfield – Travel Photos. Photos by Travis Caulfield of Travel Destinations. Laquo; Cherry Brick Road, Bonn, Germany. Splash of Fourth of July fireworks. Cherry Brick Road, Bonn, Germany. July 5, 2013. Love the cherry trees in this shot. Or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. July 5, 2013 at 1:23 am. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). The extr...

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First lines | Relative Chronology

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8216;s a how-to, and here. 8216;s a how-not-to.) Some novels’ first line. Are so famous that more people know them than have actually read the book they come from. We’re five days into National Novel Writing Month, and I’m still on target with my progress. Obviously NaNoWriMo is about anything BUT editing–it’s all about raw production, just getting the word count onto the page. But I started thinking about first sentences, and wondering how mine measured up. Do you recognize any of these first lines?

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A steampunk by any other name | Relative Chronology

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A steampunk by any other name. Castlepunk, aka plaguepunk, dungeonpunk, middlepunk, candlepunk, etc. This week, I bring you a creative experiment. Let’s create a new world together the world of stonepunk. There’s a tendency in media writing now to call any non- literary book set in a historical period something-punk. It began with steampunk, itself a reference to cyberpunk. Now there’s also sandalpunk. Here are some categories to get you started:. Here’s my take on it:. Main character: a Rebellious Maste...

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Frustrated scientists, frustrated novelists | Relative Chronology

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Frustrated scientists, frustrated novelists. Modern-day American Civil War reenactors, captured with period photographic techniques. My father used to say that there are two types of historians: frustrated scientists and frustrated novelists. Archaeologist, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. But of course, some historians write novels as well as academic research papers. According to this feature. By Saul David in the. Dance of the Tiger. By William Golding covers a similar subject.). By Kate Seredy. Th...