I try to avoid rants on any topic. They seem to piss off as many people as they engage, and overt anger tends to undermine messaging. However, once in a while my frustration on a topic grows to a high level when I see people making the same mistakes over and over again, and still expecting a different outcome (and not getting one) or, worse still, accepting mediocrity and nonsense instead of operating to higher […]
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Book publishing for fiction has been battered for years by a combination of mergers, the chronic under-capitalization of small to medium-sized presses, predatory scamsters (many of them based in the Philippines), and the biggest shibboleth of all – the idea that if it is on the Internet, it should be free (or very close to it). Ebooks started to take over the book publication market a long time ago, but they have not conquered all,
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Tropes have been under heavy discussion recently in the fiction writing community. However, it seems that the definition of “trope” being used in recent discussions is a more modern definition of the word. Dictionary.com has this to say about all of the possible definitions: The best explanation that bridges the gap between the strict dictionary definition and the more commonly accepted current usage is this one from study.com: Although a little confusing, the definition of
My podcast with Ruan Willow is now published at her Podcast Site. Enjoy!
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I normally respond for inquiries about images for marketing or video appearances with “I have a face that is tailor-made for radio”. This is because, for my entire life, I have suffered from generalized social anxiety. This is, I now understand, due to a combination of being born slightly neuro-divergent, and suffering childhood trauma (see my autobiography for the details). As a result, when anybody points a camera at me, I immediately “freeze”, and my
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