Author: Lancelot Schaubert
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Dad is Good at Truck Maintenance
In that house on Circle Drive, the garage pulled into the basement where dad did truck maintenance. It’s funny because I remember that. And I remember the upstairs, the porch, the attic, my room. My memory is almost entirely blank on my parents room unless it was the one that had the green textured paint.…
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Dad is Good at Demon Hunting
Some of my relatives have always taken an interest in demon hunting stories, but in practice it seems my dad had a… different approach to it. I won’t mention who. However, I will say that sometimes it seems an over interest in power and control comes hand in hand with an over interest in the…
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Tips for Writing Novels — Use RegEx
I don’t often offer tips for writing novels on here mainly because I’ve only written eight or so and only published a few, but I want to talk about RegEx. As you guys know, I use Scrivener. I use it predominately because I’m a disordered mess of a man who is kept on the rails…
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Dad is Good at the Basics of Life
But there in the house that pierced the hill on circle drive, I learned the basics of life. Dad is good and taught me that sometimes there’s no other cure for pain but the hard break. He offered to pull my teeth with pliers, to tie a string to a door and slam it shut.…
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Dad is Good at the Giant Conspiracy
My dad, among others, affirmed the big family. And sometimes this meant speaking of the giant conspiracy. This includes the people you despise, you realize. If family’s big enough, you start to think of yourself as a part of the brotherhood of mankind. The founder of my alma mater, which was a small liberal arts…
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Photo Contest! Big Prize! Much happy!
Let’s do a photo competition for some ridiculous prizes. We’ll make it simple. Prizes: Guidelines:
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Dad is Good at Redefining Family
In secret soon before my father died, I was writing a memoir about him called Dad is Good. In it, I refused to talk about the daddy issues I mention elsewhere. I resolved only to talk about the qualitative goods of fatherhood in general, of my father in specific. To him. Then he died stupid…
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The Dark Tower by Stephen King — Meaning + Review
So after a long, long time I finally finished The Dark Tower by Stephen King and rather than write a lengthy review, I want to reflect a bit on the meaning of the piece. I’ll say for starters that I really enjoyed watching King stick the landing, a landing I won’t spoil here. What I…
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Congrats to James Fox!
I’ve made some serious blunders on this site over the years, but none so big as taking down some 500 posts in 2013 before I moved to NYC — including all of the comments. I did it because I wanted a fresh start and, frankly, I didn’t want the new folks at the office to make…
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Charles Beaumont, CS Lewis, Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight, James Blish, and Frederik Pohl ALL Published in the same issue of MFSF
That’s right. Charles Beaumont, CS Lewis, Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight, James Blish, and Frederik Pohl ALL Published in the same issue of MFSF. Volume 10, No. 2: Here it is: Have fun.