Category Archives: Writing

Headspace

Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 by Keith

I’ve been hard at work over the last 2 weeks, revising the novel-in-progress (among other things*) and thought I’d write up a post describing what this looks like to the objective observer, namely, me reading a bunch of weird stuff … Continue reading →

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Structure, Time, and Pacing

Posted on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by Keith

Continuing this blog’s decent into irrelevance by writing nothing but meandering posts about writing once every 2 or 3 weeks, I thought I’d share a discovery I’ve made while writing. When I set out to extract the corn kernels from … Continue reading →

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What is This Novel About Anyway?

Posted on Sunday, December 23, 2012 by Keith

Good question, hypothetical reader (site stats say there’s at least 2 of you, so allow me to be authorial and put words in your mouth). What follows is me talking out loud as much as to the imaginary people I … Continue reading →

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What’s Happening With the Novel-In-Progress

Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 by Keith

Shortly after the last post about the novel, I realized I had some plot issues that needed resolving before I could move into the 3rd act. I was surprised to find that, while I had a lot of good stuff, … Continue reading →

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On Second Thought…

Posted on Friday, November 2, 2012 by Keith

National Novel Writing Month started yesterday and while I have in the past made attempts at participating, I think it’s time for me to admit, more to myself than anyone else, that NaNoWriMo just isn’t for me. I’ve tried it … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading

Posted on Monday, October 1, 2012 by Keith

Last week, I was floundering. I had just finished rereading The Hobbit, which is such a magnificent, sweet, fun adventure tale that it needed something comparable to ease me back to down to the mortal world of books that are … Continue reading →

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Fifty Shades of Perspective

Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2012 by Keith

Over at the New Statesmen, Laurie Penny writes in defense of Fifty Shades of Grey, and gets it all wrong: When you get down to it, the problem most people seem to have with Fifty Shades of Grey is that … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Escapism

Posted on Friday, June 8, 2012 by Keith

During a recent discussion over at Charlie Stross’ blog about genre fiction’s relationship to the Big Idea story, there was a sub-discussion about escapism and the role it plays in science fiction and fantasy. Naturally, a lot of science fiction … Continue reading →

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A Black Knight on the Iron Throne

Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 by Keith

I’m a little late to the party on the discussion of race in Game of Thrones, but it took me a little while to figure out why I found the claims of racism disingenuous. There seems to be some concern … Continue reading →

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The Shape We’re In

Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 by Keith

Charlie Stross nails down some thoughts on Transhumanism/Singularity, and in the process builds a near perfect summation of all that’s wrong with it: There is a rottenness at the heart of the transhuman project, and the biggest symptom of it … Continue reading →

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