How long did the math take, only to be hidden in this one line?
#30: “I thought you can’t have space elevators on Venus,” Del said. “The rotation’s too slow.”
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April 2023
Norwescon 45 Notes, Part 3: Writing Sex Scenes
The afternoon’s panel was about violence, and the evening’s was about sex. The two have a lot in common, and not just about how comical they are when done badly. (Or how good they are when done comically. Funny how that works out.) From the program guide: What makes a good sex scene? When should
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Write What You Know, Part 722
#28: “Until we can come up with a plan, and a better reason than ‘why not,’ I’m voting no.”
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Norwescon Notes, Part 2: Smack My Protagonist
The second panel I went to at Norwescon last weekend was called “Smack My Protagonist.” From the program guide: Whether it’s a spirited pie fight or buckles that need swashing, violence is a tool for the writer’s toolbox. We’ll discuss how to write believable and purposeful scenes of violence, and use them to advance a
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Pulled out of a hat, maybe?
#27: “Exactly. So why do you want to go to Mercury?”
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Write what you know, part 328
#26: “Looking back on it now, I really don’t regret the time I didn’t spend sitting through daily briefings.”
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Norwescon Notes – PArt 1: Reluctant Heroes
I spent last week at Norwescon, a science fiction and fantasy convention with a literary focus that’s held every year over Easter weekend in SeaTac. There were a variety of panels. I went to several of them. I took notes. These are from them. The first panel I went to was called Reluctant Heroes. The
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His family. Not hers.
#25: “He would do it for family, but he wouldn’t recognize Amelia as family.”
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Catching up
I was away at Norwescon (more about that later) for the last five days. But, I was still writing every day while gone, and posting my Sentence of the Day to Twitter and Facebook (which I can access from my phone) but not to here (which I cannot). The ones that haven’t been posted here