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Writing Tips for Non-Writers
Lone Gunman —
Authority: 558
Multiple Hugo Award -winner and Stargate Universe creative consultant John Scalzi offers ten writing tips for non-professional writers : Speak what you write. Punctuate, damn you. With sentences, shorter is better than longer. Learn to friggin’ spell. Don’t use words you don’t really know. ...1 day ago -
Waiting for Athena
Adventures in Reading —
Authority: 459
John Scalzi has a holiday gift for you . Ill let him tell you what it is. The holidays are about giving (well, actually, they’re not, but giving is what we do during the holidays, so close enough), and in that spirit, I and Subterranean Press have a gift for you. It’s a pdf version of Waiting for Athena, the ...3 days ago -
Book News and Views: Writers on Writing Edition
Books Worth Reading —
Authority: 112
Image via Wikipedia Here are a bunch of writerly links I’ve rounded up from the Interwebs: Cormac McCarthy shares his wisdom in this interview with the Wall Street Journal . My favorite quote: “Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.” ...5 days ago -
Stargate Universe Justice S01E10 (Syfy)
memoirs on a rainy day —
Authority: 145
Stargate Universe title card I’ve never been a Stargate fan. I’ve tried watching SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, but never really found them compelling enough. I actually like the original movie with Kurt Russell, but the series never really interested me that much. One of my friends recently bought all of the ...5 days ago -
Stargate Universe Life S01E09 (Syfy)
memoirs on a rainy day —
Authority: 145
Stargate Universe title card I’ve never been a Stargate fan. I’ve tried watching SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, but never really found them compelling enough. I actually like the original movie with Kurt Russell, but the series never really interested me that much. One of my friends recently bought all of the ...5 days ago -
Stargate Universe Time S01E08 (Syfy)
memoirs on a rainy day —
Authority: 145
Stargate Universe title card I’ve never been a Stargate fan. I’ve tried watching SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, but never really found them compelling enough. I actually like the original movie with Kurt Russell, but the series never really interested me that much. One of my friends recently bought all of the ...5 days ago -
Stargate Universe Earth S01E07 (Syfy)
memoirs on a rainy day —
Authority: 145
I’ve never been a Stargate fan. I’ve tried watching SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, but never really found them compelling enough. I actually like the original movie with Kurt Russell, but the series never really interested me that much. One of my friends recently bought all of the seasons cheaply. I thought about ...5 days ago -
Semiprozines, John Scalzi, and Doing Right
Clarkesworld Magazine and Wyrm Publishing —
Authority: 448
There are some people urging me to weigh in on John Scalzi’s recent posts about a new magazine that will be paying authors poorly. In the course of that discussion, there were a few things said about semiprozines that some people assumed would set me off. It appears that my efforts to save the Best Semiprozine ...1 week ago -
Martian Chronicles from Subterranean Press
File 770 —
Authority: 136
Martian Chronicles cover Review by John King Tarpinian: What can one say about Ray Bradbury’s Martian canon that is not known? In this volume there are more than 50 stories, essays, introductions and two full-length screenplays by Bradbury, just fewer than 800 pages. Over the past five decades and in different ...1 week ago -
Gift List Suggestions - #1 - Sci Fi
Book News and Reviews —
Authority: 114
I’ll admit to not being the most consistent blogger in the world, but with the holidays coming up my mind has turned to books. They are (usually) a cheap and interesting present that people will appreciate - even if they don’t read them, a book will make them look more learned when displayed on the coffee ...3 weeks ago -
Writers In Trouble
Your Moral Leader —
Authority: 441
John Scalzi writes : Writers are often attracted to other creative folks, including other writers. Nothing wrong with this in a general sense, mind you. We all love who we love, and what’s not to love about another witty, smart and talented person? The problem financially speaking , however, is that other ...4 weeks ago -
The God Engines: As good, if not better, than advertised
Fantasy Literature News & Interviews —
Authority: 131
The God Engines John Scalzi is another author I’ve never read before, even though I own several of his novels. It’s an oversight I’ve been meaning to correct for some time now, but just never got around to doing. However, that all changed as soon as I heard about John Scalzi’s novella, The God ...4 weeks ago -
Do the Scalzi
STEVENHARTSITE —
Authority: 134
I celebrated the fall of 2008 by sending my agent a nonfiction book proposal and the completed, polished manuscript of a crime novel. Shortly after La Agent fired off some submissions to various interested editors, the publishing industry began rending itself with layoffs, budget cuts, and severe restrictions on the ...4 weeks ago -
Speculative Fiction Novelists Find Success with Online Donations
learning.now —
Authority: 686
Over the years, many authors have tried versions of the online donation model, with mixed results. But one specific genre of writers, speculative fiction, seems to be experiencing a moderate level of success. Back in 2000, Stephen King became one of the first major authors to offer a book online using an "honor ...5 weeks ago -
What is a writer worth? (Repost… because I’m lazy like that.)
R.W. Ridley —
Authority: 422
The typical scene after a writer cashes his first royalty check. So what does a blogger do when he runs out of things to say? He reposts old blog entries. This is from February 12, 2008, the day John Scalzi shook my world and actually announced how much money he made as writer. Totally insane and undeniably ...5 weeks ago -
Stargate Universe Water S01E06 (Syfy)
memoirs on a rainy day —
Authority: 145
SG°U title card, via Wikipedia I’ve never been a Stargate fan. I’ve tried watching SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, but never really found them compelling enough. I actually like the original movie with Kurt Russell, but the series never really interested me that much. One of my friends recently bought all of the ...5 weeks ago -
Terminator 2 was cool.
Moe Lane —
Authority: 647
To answer John Scalzi (also via Instapundit ), Terminator 2 was exceptionally cool by both the SF contingent’s, and mainstream society’s, standards. Particularly since it was widely expected to crash, burn, explode, and possibly irradiate the landscape. In 1991, ‘hundred-million dollar budget’ was a ...6 weeks ago -
Stargate Universe Light S01E05 (Syfy)
memoirs on a rainy day —
Authority: 145
SG°U title card, via Wikipedia I’ve never been a Stargate fan. I’ve tried watching SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, but never really found them compelling enough. I actually like the original movie with Kurt Russell, but the series never really interested me that much. One of my friends recently bought all of the ...6 weeks ago
