The Canadian Writers’ Summit 2016: Achieving your dream: the shadow side
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View ArticleReview of D.G. Valdron’s The Mermaid’s Tale
About the book: In a city of majesty and brutality, of warring races and fragile alliances, a sacred mermaid has been brutally murdered. An abomination, a soulless Arukh is summoned to hunt the killer....
View ArticleCanadian Writers’ Summit 2016: Writing hard truths
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View ArticleCWS 2016: Diversify your writing income
And . . . I’m back from WorldCon and my blogging vacay Disclaimer: I am not perfect and neither are my notes. If you see anything that requires clarification or correction, please email me at melanie...
View ArticleCWS 2016: Grants for writers
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View ArticleWorldCon 2016: What’s new in medicine
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View ArticleWorldCon 2016: Is cyberpunk still a thing?
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View ArticleWorldCon 2016: Science fiction as epic
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View ArticleBook review: K.M. Weiland’s Structuring Your Novel
So I lied. Again. I thought I was going to proceed with my WorldCon reportage, but I realized I have a book review due (not this one, it’s yet to come). So I’ve decided to write two book reviews today,...
View ArticleBook review: K.M. Weiland’s Creating Character Arcs
What Amazon says: Have you written a story with an exciting concept and interesting characters—but it just isn’t grabbing the attention of readers or agents? It’s time to look deeper into the story...
View ArticleWorldCon 2016: Mythology as the basis for speculative fiction
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View ArticleWorldCon 2016: Oceans, the wettest frontier
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View ArticleWorldCon 2016: Beyond—fantasy creation for the bold
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View ArticleWorldCon 2016: Class and equality in fantasy and science fiction
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View ArticleWorldCon 2016: Humans and robots
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View ArticleWorldCon 2016: The steampunk explosion
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View ArticleWorldCon 2016: Nifty narrative tricks
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View ArticleWorldCon 2016: Mining history for the future
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View ArticleWorldCon 2016: Generation starships
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View ArticleWorldCon 2016: The dark side of fairy tales
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