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Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Last night I dreamed I was at a science fiction convention, and was trying (as one does) to juggle prepping for my final panel of the con, packing up and checking out before the hotel deadline, and finding my co-author to make certain that he had all of…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Especially if you’re active, or intend or hope to be active, in the greater science fiction/fantasy writing community:  sf writer Laura J. Mixon (aka Morgan J. Locke) provides an exhaustive investigation and analysis of the work – if that’s the appropriate word – of a “new, young” writer…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
NaNoWriMo season, that is. And if it’s NaNoWriMo today, then it’ll be the winter solstice and all its associated holidays tomorrow, at least in the northern hemisphere. As I’ve done before, I’m offering a seasonal gift for the writer in your life:  Purchase a gift certificate for a…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
To a lot of readers, literary symbolism is that thing in high school English class that the teacher went on and on about instead of talking about the story.  Then some of them turn into writers, and come to the understanding that literary symbolism isn’t some sort of…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
If ever I needed to present any evidence that this blog post by Matthew Yglesias was mindboggling in its sheer wrong-headedness, this quote alone would do the trick: Transforming a writer’s words into a readable e-book product can be done with a combination of software and a minimal…