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Confluence!
Flash Fiction Fridays are still going well - So far we've had 22 people join the Google group that I set up for it, and we're getting, on average, around a half-dozen submissions each week - around 1/2 from Nano people, and the other 1/2 from people that aren't, as far as I'm aware, regular writers. There's been some really great pieces posted in ( Read more... ) -
Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing
Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing, a weekly podcast on the world of (wait for it) science fiction literature, has returned after a brief hiatus. This is very good news, as AiSFP has become one of the main ways I find out about new and upcoming books that I might like.
Their first episode back, for example, featured this really interesting-sounding ( Read more... ) -
Monopoly City - A Review
In some circles, it's a little dangerous to admit this, but I'm a Monopoly fan. I'm willing to acknowledge some of the problems that the game has, especially with regards to its length, the fact that players get eliminated, and the role that luck plays in the endgame. I realize all those things, but I like it all the same - it's the game that I ( Read more... ) -
Polaris Prize redux
So, I mentioned in a post last week that I was planning on listening to all of the Polaris shortlist entries before the awards are handed out in September. Not only that, but I'm planning on doing it along with a few other Toronto-area music fans and writers, AND we're going to be doing a blog about it. I'm seeing this as a great music-learning ( Read more... ) -
Flash Fiction Friday #2
I realized that I started using fff as a journal tag for flash fiction Fridays, but that's not going to work, as other people already use that acronym. F3 sounds nice, so I'm going to use that instead.
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Crash Karma
We went down to Fort Erie last night to see the Trews. It was a great show by them, as always, although Colin sounded like he's coming down with a cold or something.
Opening act was a group called Crash Karma:
Which was a little weird for me, but kind of cool at the same time, because it featured Jeff Burrows from the Tea Party and Edwin from I ( Read more... ) -
Flash Fiction Fridays - The Angels Are Coming
This was fun. I will definitely have to do it again. Other people seemed interested in doing it, as well, so I set up a google group for people to join to post, read, and comment on stories for those who might be interested: http://groups.google.com/group/ ( Read more... ) -
Flash Fiction Fridays!
I entered a flash fiction contest recently, and lost. I think part of why I lost was that I don't really have a strong feel for flash fiction, the same way that I feel like I understand how a regular short story or novel is supposed to be structured. So, how do we get better? PRACTICE ( Read more... ) -
Writing groups
So, a while ago I joined this writing group called Nocturne. It's a group dedicated to horror fiction, and the idea behind it is you post your short fiction on there, and other group members read it and provide critiques and suggestions for improvement. Then, when they have something that needs critiquing, they do likewise and you can provide ( Read more... ) -
The New Jedi Order
If you're reading this, you're more than likely familiar with Star Wars, as a cultural touchstone if nothing more. After the success of the original trilogy, Lucas authorized the continuation of the story in a series of novels, the first of which was published in 1992 and looked at the attempts by the Rebels to build a new galactic ( Read more... )
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