As with almost everything, outlining is a process that tends to be individual to each writer, if they do it at all. In the seven years that I’ve been writing seriously, I’ve gone from a complete pantser (i.e. someone who
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Space/Science The Extraordinary Face of the Moon Picture of Discovery on the Launch Pad Interactive James Webb Telescope (launches in 2014) Photos of Discovery Launch Sotheby’s to Auction 1961 Soviet Capsule Scifi/Fantasy Endurance wallpapers Locus Magazine Recommends Some of Tor’s
Stereotypical Creatures in Fantasy
My apologies for missing Monday’s update and for the fact this is late. I blame jury duty. And hockey. But can you really blame me for the hockey? It is the landsquid’s favorite sport. Anyway, onward to content. It’s come
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Science/Space Symphony of Science Earliest Photos of Universe Yet Possible Previously Unknown Gas Giant in Our Solar System Scifi/Fantasy Literary Crushes Book Cover Smackdown How to Tell if You’re Going to Get the Girl Misc Books Books of Love Letters
The Art of the Write-in
We all hear that writing is a solitary activity, but this is a new age of social media and I end up talking to other writers all the time. I suspect, if you’re here, you’re the same way. One of
Giving Romance a Chance
You know me. I like to follow social trends in the oddest ways possible. (Preferably with landsquid and plesiosaurs.) Since it’s the Day Before Cheap Chocolate Day, I thought I’d tell you about how I recently became a fan of
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Space/Science Private Company to put Robot on Moon (For some reason, this sounds like a terrible idea to me. Sounds like a good way to leave trash everywhere and mess up scientific missions.) Last Rollout of Space Shuttle Discovery (video) Recycling
Why Genre is Like Root Beer
When my sister and I were little, whenever we went out to a restaurant where you could get your own soda, we would mix a variety of them together. Sometimes it tasted good, sometimes it tasted horrific, but what remained true, no
Embarrassing Early Stories
Yesterday I was at a Super Bowl party with several college friends of mine. (I am not a huge fan of football but I do like the Super Bowl because it often involves friends, food, and drink.) Shortly into the
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Space/Science Nabokov’s Butterfly Theory Proved Correct NASA spots 54 Potential Life-Friendly Planets Scifi/Fantasy io9’s February Scifi/Fantasy Calendar 12 Revolutionary Uprisings in Scifi 10 Greatest Starships of All Time Utopianism in Steampunk February Fantasy Book Releases Free Read: Chenoire by Suzanne
