Jan

30

Stereotypes in Fiction, Part 2

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If I Were the Evil Empress…

These things are great. They pull up and list every possible cliche from movies and books, and puts them all down into a convenient list.

There are lots more of these out there. As I find them, I’ll post links to them here.

Jan

30

Stereotypes in Fiction, Part 1

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One of the danger zones of writing is using sterotypes. Not that stereotypes are bad, but you have to be really careful about how you use them.

Now, we all know the internet and the web are essential tools these days for a writer. They allow us to do all kinds of research very quickly. And provides us with more and more reasons to procrastinate. Here’s a little something to make your procrastination time into something a bit more useful.

Helpful Hints for Evil Cultists

There’s all kinds of lists, just like this one, on the web. They’re hilarious, but it also makes you think about your writing. Do you really want your story’s villain to do something that’s on this list?

Jan

11

Hatrack River – The Official Web Site of Orson Scott Card

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Orson Scott Card is one of the best writers in the science fiction and fantasy genres right now. His website is filled with all kinds of really interesting stuff, especially “Uncle Orson’s Writing Class” and the “Hatrack River Writers Workshop.” If you’re involved in writing of any kind, I suggest you check out his website.

Hatrack River – The Official Web Site of Orson Scott Card

Jan

5

Site Difficulties

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There were some problems with the host for this site for part of the day, but it appears it’s all been fixed.  Hooray!

Jan

4

Upgrades to the Site

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WordPress version 2.0 has been released, and I’ll be upgrading this site today, so if you’re having problems connecting, that’s why.

EDIT:  It was unbelievably easy to do the upgrade.  It went off without a hitch,  Hooray!