Category: Writing
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Zuk and Zub – A Fable
At the dawn of time, an enterprising caveman, known as Swarthy Zub, lived at the far end of the cave village. Swarthy Zub might have thought himself an “entrepreneur,” and his old friend, Not-tall Zuk, a “mentor.” But, as neither word yet existed, Zub had not articulated this belief. Zub was a simple fur trader…
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Writers Group Near You — House Points
Starlings NYC has met since 2016 which is, as of 2023, seven years ago. I figured we would start keeping track of “house points.” As in 10 points for Griffyndor. There’s a writers group near you — what if they kept track of group points? Only in this case, it’s sales. And we’ll do it in…
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Story Inspiration from Breaking Science
The wonderful folks who run Heliosphere invited me to moderate and participate in several panels for their conference. One of the panels was Story Inspiration from Breaking Science. The panel included Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Dr. James Prego, and Sarena Strauss. We started out hypothesizing from various abstracts we’d come across. We — mostly me — got a bit…
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The lie: “It’s just art.”
A person undeservedly close to me recently scoffed at the words of a set designer here in NYC recently. They said, “It’s not worth it. It’s just art.” This person intended, of course, to aim this barb at me and my life’s work. At someone who had structured their entire life around encouraging people to…
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You Are More Creative Than Me
You’re more creative than me. You are. Or — at very least — equally creative. That belief motivates and empowers my own creativity: you, reading this right now, are more creative than me, Lancelot Schaubert. If you don’t believe that, you aren’t thinking clearly. It’s okay to not be thinking clearly — muddleheadedness affects me all the time…
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Ibex Brief
“Park & Main?” I asked Daryl the other day. “What?” Daryl asked back in a “what” kind of way. “I saw an advertisement on the television for Park & Main clothing and underwear. “I know all about Park & Main. An Amish family started it in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Their top-selling item [and here Daryl made…
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Heliosphere Convention Schedule 2023
Hey gang, just got my Heliosphere convention schedule this last week, so I wanted to toss it in here in case anyone’s coming. We’re bringing several writers and creative types down to New Jersey from NYC: FRIDAY 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm – Salon CExploring the Uses and Ethics of ChatGPT and Other AI Models…
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Book Review Site : FREE list of emails — who will review your book?
Sometimes we have really dense posts here and sometimes we give you book review site after book review site. It’s a list today, in a document, complete with contact information of every book review site I know about. Or at least the non-Goodreads, non-Bookriot, non-NYT Book Review sites. All the bloggers who will consider you?…
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Traditional Haiku : A Western Perspective
Many writers today present Haiku as free verse, covering a myriad of subjects. Many readers, myself included, enjoy these verses. However, I feel there is greater gentleness and artistic challenge in traditional Haiku. Traditional Haiku, which originated in Japan, is recognized as unrhymed verse of seventeen syllables. Steeped in Japanese culture and traditional nuances, Haiku…
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Clarkesworld Ai — Response to Spam
The short of that story: a sci fi magazine tossed in the towel after dealing with a logrithmic increase of submissions/rejections — Clarkesworld Ai may become a byword for the problem. The only solution I can think of in regards to something like chat gtp, is trust and some form of in person session write to…
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Fetch — Tap and Die 022
The main attendant scrolled through. And scrolled through. “No Dawes other than a young girl.” Jack’s daughter. And his wife?
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First Winner of Nebula Award
Who was the first winner of Nebula award? The first winner of Nebula award for best novel was Frank Herbert’s Dune, but other awards were offered that year. The ceremony started in 1965 and was presented simultaneously in the east at Overseas Press Club in New York, New York on March 11, 1966 and in…