Good things in the last few days: • I finished revisions on the pilot script for _Liminal Space: episode 1_ and sent it to someone in the industry who agreed to look at it. It will probably come to nothing, but I worked hard on it over the last several months (taking two screenwriting classes […]
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Wednesday, we did intros in my creative writing classes — I have them put a beloved book (or short story, or TV show, or movie) on the board, and then we go around and they talk about what they like about it; it works a lot better for me than the more standard kinds of
Oof, a little tired. Somehow I ended up with both the first day of classes (which went great, I love being in the physical classroom with the students, they are so adorable, I love them all, and I even managed to connect with one student who disappeared at the end of last semester, and he
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One of the things I do is serve on the board of Plurality University, an international futurist org. They’ve recently started publishing some papers that might interest some of you: What Do Narratives Want? The “collective creative practices” we have been observing since the beginning of 2022 are, in their own way, part of the
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One of my favorite people in science fiction, Suzy McKee Charnas, passed away suddenly two days ago. It’s hard to take in — I saw Suzy at a convention recently, and she was moving a little more slowly than she used to, perhaps, but still just as full of ideas and laughter and life as
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I spent a little time cleaning out my shed today, and have been working in here much of the day, which is conducive to end-of-the-year writing thoughts. Brace yourselves — this one is long. ***** Last year was a very weird writing year for me — I barely did any fiction writing at home, even
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My uncle, on finding me tucked into an upstairs bedroom: “Why are you working? It’s a party!” Me (out loud): I know, but I’m on a deadline. (I WAS on a deadline — I have workshop tomorrow, and I needed to get these revisions in today so my people have time to read them and
Something fun — here’s the recording of the “Secret Identities: Comic Books in Higher Education” talk I did with Mark Martell and others. Great discussion; I learned a lot! And I got to geek out over Elfquest at the end, and now I want to re-read that whole series… https://t.co/ddEKYdgWOL
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I could use a little research help on knot-tying, but it’s very specific — I’m hoping I have someone with the relevant knowledge here. Scenario: – Shanthi’s grandfather is a fisherman in Sri Lanka – he’s tying ropes for his nets, and has been doing that for a long time – what knots would he
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Writing, writing. Woke up thinking about the middle-grade novel, so I started with that. I’ve just gotten my protagonist back home, and now she has to deal with her parents. It’s always a little tricky, deciding how you’re going to handle that. If the kid going off to have magic adventures doesn’t tell their parents,
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