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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#27: “Exactly. So why do you want to go to Mercury?”
Pulled out of a hat, maybe? Read More »
#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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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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#25: “He would do it for family, but he wouldn’t recognize Amelia as family.”
His family. Not hers. Read More »
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
#17: “There were a lot of us involved in the… experiment.”
And many are still unaccounted for. Read More »
#16: Del didn’t want to admit that that was pretty much her plan.
Thinking ahead isn’t her strong suit. Read More »
#15: According to its listing in the Solar Object Registry, it was owned by Amelia. So, it’s been a few days. During part of that time, I was traveling, and didn’t have my computer with me so, although I was writing, nothing got updated here. Rather than trying to figure out what exactly was from
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