December 2009

Am I Blue?

I dunno. Conflicted? Hell yeah. Dunno what to do. Recently I gave up on a very old friendship because over the years it had grown toxic. My friend criticized everything I did, mocked my efforts to get our friendship on stable ground, and blamed it all on me whenever I tried to talk to him

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The Original Worldbuilder

okay, imagine this… Deep in the night, unnoticed by the sleeping countryside, the lake rumbles. A sudden fountain shoots hundreds of feet in the air, and the once-still lake erupts in waves taller than trees. From the water a cold mist arises. Creeping down valleys, the mist engulfs and swallows village after village, leaving many

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Never Heard a Whining Agent

Rachelle Gardner commented on her blog about the age-old question of whether agents hate writers. The usual internet shit-storm erupted, of course, although most people who bother to read an agent’s blog are there to learn, and show respect. Some commenters, though, echoed a refrain I’ve heard so many times. And I’ve just got to

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