SFWA, Round 3

Oh dear lord, not again.  Seriously, the SFWA tag is going to be the biggest on in the tag cloud soon.
In other news, the contest continues unabated by external tomfoolery.

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Contest

In a panic to come up with something to write for Free Fiction Friday, I’m giving away a copy of the BWS anthology which contains my story Antiseptic House to the person who writes the best three word prompt for a story before noon PST on December 7th. Have fun!

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Rated M for My God That’s a Lot of Swearing

OK, so, I have this two litre bottle of sake that I opened for a samurai movie night and it never got finished so I’m drinking it. And posting. Drunk posting. It’s like drunk dialing, only the shame lasts as long as the internet does.
So my post tonight was going to be [...]

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*Drools*

Courtesy of my friend Paul, porn for writers:

If you click to embiggen, you’ll notice it looks like the Jane’s manuals on the reference shelf nearest the guy at the desk which makes that whole picture extra-added cool.  You can find more writer porn here.

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Self improvement

I’ve been very fortunate to have always met with professional writers who are generous with their time and free with their advice. One of the best pieces of writing advice I ever heard is actually the advice I hear most. It’s also the simplest: Plan to improve your writing.
This doesn’t mean hope [...]

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A tale of bacon, inflation and woe

I come from a family of storytellers and when I spend any time at all with them, I realize they don’t just tell stories, they tell the stories that grew up around the stories, and that might be the best part. Here’s one from an email exchange I had with my uncle (the family [...]

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Heap o Win

Making Light has posted yet another heap of win:

The comic is Tom Gaul’s illustrations for the Guardian Saturday Review letters page available here.
This comic totally makes me think of Where’s my Jet Pack which was one of those few books I bought new and actually read cover to cover inside of a week of purchase. [...]

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Sundry

Winner of the book give away, Mr Lee Harris of British Columbia peruses his winnings with a critic’s eye.  Mr Harris says “That’s not a naked lady in the picture behind me!” but we just have to click the picture to see the truth.
Stay tuned for more swag a-comin’ in December.

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Un petit spaz

If you walked into your dentist’s office, bright and early, with your own copy of People or whatever under your arm, and cheerfully announced to the receptionist that you were reporting for your appointment, and you were told, sorry, your appointment has been bumped back because *ha ha!* a lot of people seem to want [...]

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Done and not done

I am officially done writing for the day. Hit thirteen pages at about one and now am absolutely knackered. Have some housework to do to finish up the rest of the day, then Karate tonight.
It’s a shame the week went by so fast. I feel like I’m just getting into my stride, [...]

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