bei rena habe ich diesen kurzfilm gesehen der irgendwie etwas ist was ich so noch nie gesehen habe the wizard of speed and time yout ubedirekts chnell man kann schon von einem kleinen meisterwerk reden vor allem dieser bruch mitten im film wo sich alles zu einer grossen musicalnummer wendet bei der die klappe andauernd versucht dem kamerastativ ein bein abzubeissen. sagenhaft. in den kommentar...
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planet google presents the internet has created enormous opportunities for aspiring writers. its easier than ever to get your words in front of readers who can then provide you with feedback offer advice and attempt to scam you out of thousands of dollars while treating your dreams and aspirations the same way armed rural teenagers treat speed limit signs. in a perfect world the advent o...
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the internet has created enormous opportunities for aspiring writers. its easier than ever to get your words in front of readers who can then provide you with feedback offer advice and attempt to scam you out of thousands of dollars while treating your dreams and aspirations the same way armed rural teenagers treat speed limit signs. in a perfect world the advent of the web would have sent ...
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launch pad i have to admit ive been a walking zombie the past two days at least some of the time.a i didnt get enough sleep at launch pad see summaries by alma alexander mary robinette kowal david levine as well other bloggers include nancy kress jay lake cherryl floyd miller david marusek and deanna hoak.a the panel on wednesday about launch pad went very well and it seems like im much more famo...
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i had a blast today. so much so that summing up is hard. i started the morning by having breakfast with ron serdiuk pamela and diana rowland. conversation ranged from dianas stories about living through katrina to vampires as lovers and the problems inherent with that.1 i trotted off from there to the sfwa booth in the dealers room. now i know this doesnt immediately seem like fun but it actual...
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july has been a blur what with the sewer line backing up very expensive repairs attempts to redo a bathroom ourselves a cancelled vacation house guests and a birthday party. because ive been blogging more for other sites i will blog about mine soon not to mention my suicide girls column im finally caught up with my rss reader. i was somewhat shocked to realize i had totally missed a kerfuffle in t...
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in writing when someone talk about an amateur writer its often a pejorative term. in the astronomy world thats not the case at all. the word amateur comes from the word amore to love. so amateur astronomers are people who love astronomy. thats a distinction between the writing world and the astronomy world that he loves. its something you can get into as deeply or as lightly as you want. esse...
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so far so good.a launch pad is off to a fast start.a i wanted to summarize what we did and why for each day of the workshop.a in addition well posting some of our materials on the web as soon as possible likely over the weekend when ive scheduled a little downtime. we started with introductions all around and then had a questionnaire about the mathscience background and expectations of attendees a...
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algunos de ustedes me han escuchado hablar sobre la colonizacian de venus sobre ciudades flotantes en venus. es una alternativa razonable para colonias espaciales despuas de todo la atmasfera de venus a unos 50 kilametros es lo mas parecido a la tierra que se pueda encontrar en este sistema solar dijo geoffrey landis cientafico de la nasa y tambian escritor de ciencia ficcian. venus es nuestro ve...
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the inestimable jim hines author of the goblin books i really need to read has provided the speculative fiction world with a gem. for anyone whos not familiar with the song to which this obviously should be sung just go to youtube look up pirates of penzance and listen to the majorgenerals song. i am the very model of a modern sf novelist i am the very model of a modern sf novelist ive manuscri...
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if youre as curious as this blogger then the announcement of the single short story contest winners may have piqued your interest enough to visit wordclays contest connection page and read excerpts from their stories. but a simple read doesnt always cut it sometimes we want to know the writers behind the story. that said i contacted them personally and asked for some background information to sha...
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quote from high fantasy to hard science fiction a spectrum of wonder the awardwinning science fiction of nancy kress is wellknown to avid readers worldwide. she entered the field with intense imaginative fantasy stories in the late 1970s and since then made a transition into hard science fiction novels with fully developed scientific ideas and engaging characters. c...
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by hilary moon murphy read by rajan khanna first appeared in tales of the unanticipated. my finest cheat started long ago before india was even a country. most of us were still under british rule one way or another. i was apprenticed to sri ghare one of the greatest negotiators in the princely states. i lived with him and his wife in a fine manor. though i was from a poor family he always treate...
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the debate over efreebies goes onin the nocharge blogosphere. victoria strauss a wellregarded fantasy author and web mistress of the superinformative writers beware site has written a nice summary of some freebie experiments. mostly the results are positivenot just from baen an old hand at this but also from larger houses such as st. martins and tor. harpercollins in fact says the free online edi...
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by jim c. hines. read by tina connolly. introducti on by erin cashier. first appeared in sword and sorceress xxi. i was in the woods behind our cabin trying yet again to dissuade my daughter from this wizarding business. i like magic mel protested. and im good at it. remember the spell i made up last week the spell that changed my daggers into caterpillars james and i were still pulling cocoon...
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nancy kress is one of the best writers in science fiction today and one of our best teachers as well she was one of my instructors at clarion west back in 1994. she has a new book coming out and im quite pleased to be interviewing her today. about dogs an unknown virus has turned up in dogs in tyler a small town on the marylandwest virginia border. like rabies the virus crosses th...
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hey all heres a new update 1. school was officially over at 3pm yesterday. were free for three months 2. im going to worldcon in august w00ta have i mentioned thata 3. announcements for vp acceptees will start posting soon. however there is still time to apply. the deadline isnt until june 30th so go here for the info and apply in the meantime im eagerly anticipating a message in my em...
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this is part 2 of a 3part post please start with part 1 women love napoleon dynamite so i didnt understand why women thought napoleon dynamite was hilarious so i searched for the differences between male and female humor and found some very interesting things. heres an excerpt from an article called humour in romance writing male humour is a little more aggressive often aimed at people more vuln...
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hey everyone how are you all doing the quick rundown for me 1. im busy winding up the school year for my boys for those who may not know i homeschool my kids. 2. were having a garage sale this weekend so you know i have that to plan for. 3. tech for writers is actually a little overdue for the next episode so ive been making my final script edits to prep for recording. 4. and speaking of podc...
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hosted by the dwelling place and the indiana horror writers. church is a communal expression of faith to pursue spiritual formation to be the kind of people god wants us to be. to be a safe place to ask and wrestle with spiritual questions. whose mandate should include building a sense of community loving each other and serving the world all in the name of christ. so why not have church with a bu...
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it seems as though many of my friends have a lot of good news lately. either theyve gotten agents or sold novels or both my clarion classmate emily mah writing as e.m. tippetts has a romance novel coming out june 6th called time and etenity. i had the opportunity to read this in rough draft and i really enjoyed it. its about the difficulties of finding love in the modern world. though there ar...
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selbst gemacht und lowfi. einfach gelocht und bndel durch. link hnliche anleitung......
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so theres a new science fiction anthology series called warrior wisewoman from the fine folks at norilana who also bring us sword sorceress books. the book is edited by roby james and itll be out in june. the book looks gorgeous and im really excited about seeing it. kimberly lundstrom of the fix enjoyed the anthology and gave it a positive review. about my novelette christmas wedding she said...
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ok yes i finished the socks prior to getting on the train. i posted pictures to flickr but just didnt have enough time to post them here. taking the 1515 train was a better idea than the 1715. sock madness by1130 i had made it this far. there is this small issue of when to do the heels.after thought heels are perhaps my least favorite kind of heel. from a colour control point of view they help yo...
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the current episode of podcastle features run of the fiery horse by hilary moon murphy read aloud by our own mandolin. plus the intro is by science fiction and fantasy writer k. tempest bradford who is probably better known to alas readers for her blog the angry black woman. check it out......
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