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A Good Year for Scifi and Fantasy

This is a good year for science fiction and fantasy. This summer Unfettered, an epic anthology of scifi and fantasy short stories by over 20 authors will be released. If you haven’t gotten your copy, I think there are a few of the hardback trade editions still available at grimoakpress.com. Terry Brooks will release his … Continue reading »

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Truth in Fiction and Emotional Vulnerability of Characters

On May 1st I attended a workshop by Margaret Stohl about “Truth in Fiction.” She is the co-author of Beautiful Creatures and has a new book, ICONS, coming out this month. People always say, write what you know. But when you write fiction, especially science fiction and fantasy, what you know may have little to do … Continue reading »

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Blog: DragonCon, Terry Brooks, Selina Rosen, and Writing Advice

As I’m sure you can tell from this blog title, I’m back from DragonCon. It was not quite what I had expected. I went to an anime convention in Dallas while I was in college. I was expecting it to be more like that experience. I knew DragonCon was a much larger convention, but I … Continue reading »

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Blog: Hunting Dragons

A little less than two weeks from now, I will be attending Dragon*Con. I feel like a young journalism student again, about to leave for my first journalism convention.

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