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2012 in review
Thank you, WordPress, for this wonderful report. It’s a start for this blog, and now that I’m starting to manage my time better, I am going to attempt to resume my weekly updates to this blog. I still have a few obstacles in my way, mostly my health and the uncertainty inherent in that right… Continue reading
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Writing Resources
I am part of a writing board called Legendfire, and over the past few months I’ve been working on a project to compile all the resources I could find on the site. Most of them were located in the Writing Resources forum, but a few were scattered in other miscellaneous threads throughout the site itself.… Continue reading
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Overcoming Writer’s Block
When I sit down and write, sometimes I find myself unable to do anything but just sit and stare at the screen. I see where the words should go, but my mind blanks as if the whiteness of the screen has penetrated into my neurons. A barrier to stop the firing of all the creative… Continue reading
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The Most Astounding Fact
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU Edited by Max Schlickenmeyer F Continue reading
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Update
I started a new job, which has left me exhausted in the evenings. Thus I am having to recalculate how I spend my free time. Trying to write when you have a full time job is a hard challenge, and my plans for dealing with this in the past doesn’t quite work with my current… Continue reading
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Computer Problems Continue
I have had computer problems all week, and have not been able to access a computer. Due to this, I’ve been unable to update my blog. I apologize for this hiatus! In the meantime, while I work on fixing my computer, I’ve bought a ten inch solid styrofoam ball that I will mask in one… Continue reading
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Computer Trouble
My desktop ceased to work the other night, and I’m relegated to my old laptop that tends to randomly shut off. A friend is helping me with the desktop, for it’s possible that it was just the video card that burnt out. If it’s the CPU, then we have a lot more to replace. My… Continue reading
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Illness
Since I haven’t felt well of late, I’ve wondered how illness is portrayed in stories. Sometimes it feels like illness is hardly ever mentioned – like the science fiction story I’ve finished reading lately, where it progresses forward in a very play by play manner, and everyone is always perfectly healthy. No one ever suffered… Continue reading
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Update
I have this tendency to outline after I write the story. I go through and catalog all the scenes – the characters in it, the time and location, and the main point of the scene. I use this to check for consistency errors. It works fairly well, but if I try to do this before… Continue reading
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Tropes Vs. Women and Diversity in Literature
My world-building series takes time to craft, since I often sift through my old notes and textbooks to make sure all the information presented here is accurate. For all my readers wondering, this is why the next installment on Atmospheres and the various cycles on planets is not yet ready. In the meantime, I can… Continue reading
Reshaping Reality 