The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now. -Bill Cosby

This month's challenge is to write a short story about a ghost, whether it be literal or figurative (or both?). Your story can use any version of Sims and can be set in any time period or world of your choosing. Stories should be a minimum of 200 words, but may run as ( Read more... )

Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think. -Marshall McLuhan

This month's challenge is to write a short story about or involving some method of transportation. Your story can use any version of Sims and can be set in any time period or world of your choosing. ( Read more... )

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself. -Thomas Browne

This month's challenge is to write a short story involving only one character. Other characters may be referenced, but only one character can be physically present in the scene. Your story can use any version of Sims and can be set in any time period ( Read more... )

Sorry that this wasn't up sooner. Remember when you were a kid and summer vacation was actually a vacation? I miss that.

This month's challenge is to write a short story about a change of environment (e.g. moving, space exploration, parallel universes, etc.). Your story can use any version of Sims and can be set in any time period or world of your ( Read more... )

The Greatest Female Sci-Fi/Fantasy Authors of All Time

Literary Journeys, BART Art Posters

22 Story basics I’ve picked up in my time at Pixar

Things To Do With a Book Besides Read It

How to Survive Life as a Character in a Bad Work of Fiction

Is Twitter the Newest Form of Literature?

Now you know it anyway

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Sci-fi and Fantasy
Fantasy For All: The Evolution of LGBT Characters in Comics, Fandoms and YA Lit
SF, big ideas, ideology: what is to be done?
10 Great Science Fiction Books for People Who Don’t Read Sci-Fi

Writing
Why I Write “Strong Female Characters”
What’s the difference between capturing an emotion and creating a mood?
Easily Create ( Read more... )

This month's challenge is to write a short story that passes the Bechdel Test. For those of you not familiar with the test, it has three requirements:

1. There have to be at least two women in the story.
2. They have to talk to each other.
3. They have to talk about something other than a man.

Your story can be set in any time period or world of your ( Read more... )

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Books
So you’re considering switching to eBooks?
Incidental Comics - The Book of the Future
The Worst Book Titles In The History Of Literature (I have seen worse, but these are still amusing)
Can a fictional character take you over?

Writers and writing
Extremely Silly Photos of Extremely Serious Writers
Literary Maps of the USA and UK
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( more, quite a bit of swearing ahead )