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Supergirl Preemptive Season 4 Villain Plea

Given the CW’s track record on superhero show plots, I fear that Supergirl might succumb next season to the trend of giving the …

Supergirl – Building From Season 1

I recently gave my opinions on Supergirl‘s first season (spoiler: generally favorable). As we await a final decision on a second season (the …

Kryptonese Often Makes Me Peeved

As a science fiction writer, one of the most difficult tasks I have is world building. In order for it to make …

Fans of The Connor Wars: You Will Probably Like This

I’ve written a new novel that will be published soon. Exactly when is to be determined, but the target is the end …

Cursive Commentary

I’ve lately been revisiting an old skill and reconnecting with writing in the “olde tyme” manner. Sometimes it’s good to take a step back.

Rediscovering the Fountain Pen and Penmanship

I’ve missed using a fountain pen. After decades of longing, I finally bought another one…an inexpensive one. To go along with that, I’ve also been practicing to revive my long-abandoned skills with cursive writing. In a way, it makes me feel more “writerly”.

Why I Write “Strong Female Characters”

As someone who also tends to write “strong female characters”, I applaud this article. via Why I Write “Strong Female Characters”.

TV’s Unresolved Sexual Tension – 3 Resolutions

The moment you talk about Unresolved Sexual Tension (UST) between television characters, two things happen: 1) The audience (and maybe the actors) will split as to whether or not the pair should become a couple; and 2) Someone will bring up Moonlighting…more than once. The 2012 season gives us three examples of how to deal with UTS…or how not to deal with UTS.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 46 – Kindle Testing

The Kindle has finally gotten to the point where I can seriously consider porting scripts to it. I’m still in the testing phase, but I think it looks promising. TCW scripts make for some convenient test cases.

How to Deal with Writers Effectively in One Easy Lesson (Preposterous Twaddlecock)

This also applies to art, illustration, photography, and web design. After a while, you learn why contracts are so important — but …

Writing Doldrums – Overwhelmed by the Crazy

I’m in a bit of writing doldrums. It’s not because I’ve run out of words or ideas. It fact, it’s sort of the opposite: I have so much I want to say, but with my self-filter on (something increasingly rare in the general populace, it seems) I end up saying nothing. I’m trying to find a way out of that.

What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?

“That means that all these examples from 1955 are only the tip of the iceberg. If the pre-1978 law were still in …

The Quiet Spell

Not long after I started my InArCreMo project of trying to get 50 art pieces done in 30 days, I sort of disappeared from my sites and severely decreased my social networking in general. This post is about the why of it.

Introvert Marketing in an Extrovert Market (WordServe Water Cooler)

Creative types are told that they also have to be able to market. For the 75% (or so) who are extroverts, this is simply an inconvenience. For the rest, who are introverts, perhaps another business model would be better.

The Blog-slowdown Dog Days of Summer

A few of you have told me you’ve noticed I haven’t been posting to the blog as often as you’d become accustomed to. That’s totally mea culpa. I got enough piled on my life-plate that I needed to find some slack somewhere.

Rules? What Rules? (Patricia C. Wrede)

If somebody’s writing “rule” has the word “never” in it, or can be easily rephrased so as to have the word “never” …

Killing Time With “Switched at Birth”

I do something that is common to a lot of writers: when I’m not writing on one of my own projects, I often spend some of my free time working on fantasy projects. These projects are ones that for various reasons I can’t take on as my own. Right now, I find my imagination has been captured by the new show, Switched at Birth.

Rob’s Wonder Woman TV Pilot FAQ! (Topless Robot)

You know, as awful as the other descriptions had been, this makes me weep. Not just for WW but for the art …

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