*waves at odogoddess*

And hot damn, has LJ changed since I was here last.

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It's here! It's here! My proof copy! THIS IS REAL LIFE!


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I am SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS! Click to embiggen! :D


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Today's topic: target fixation.
Target fixation is a process by which the brain is focused so intently on an observed object that awareness of other obstacles or hazards can diminish. Also, in an avoidance scenario, the observer can become so fixated on the target that they will forget to take the necessary action to avoid it, thus colliding with ( Read more... )

Enjoy a snippet from my book, The Sundered, coming out June 29th from 4th Floor Publication.

Brain Damage, Anyone?
The scents are the first hint we've neared the market, reminders of old food, of fire thick with grease, and ash already burned a thousand times. The temperature rises, unpleasant and cloying, warm air flavored by living bodies and ( Read more... )

I'll tell you something I've learned: unless there is tension between your characters (not made-up bitchiness, not paltry unpleasantness, but actual, personality/goal-driven tension), your plot will stall.

Let me introduce you to some of the characters of The Sundered. Each of them has a goal, a need, a want, a la  Kurt Vonnegut - but none of ( Read more... )

It's amazing what humans can adapt to handle ( Read more... )

You think you're high on the dorky meter? I may just have you beat. Behold: I have made My Little Pony versions of my dark-apocalyptic-dystopian-science-fiction protagonist and antagonist. (I'm pretty sure they'd both object.)
AAKESH


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These aren't my videos, but they have definitely found a place in my heart. You want to know how I feel about writing, creating, the whole awesome, tear-shedding, joy-birthing, without-it-we'd-DIE-or-maybe-explode process?

Here you go.
Part One: It's Going to Suck - AT FIRST



Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.
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