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The power of erotic fiction…

November 14, 2010

I have no time for revision.  This post is to help me clarify my own thoughts.  Sorry if it rambles. I was in the kitchen with my mom the other day, drinking coffee and relating a tale of small neighborhood intrigue.  “There are these two people,” I said, “both university faculty in the same department.  [...]

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Persistence, publishing, probability.

January 15, 2010

In my writer’s group, people were talking about submitting their stuff for publication. Many of the writers are either romance or science fiction, and their goal is to get published — at least a short story or novella in an anthology. Out of curiosity, I asked how many times one of the writers, P, had [...]

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Missing: Character History

December 6, 2009

So, I just read an 80-page novella in which the VPC is human, but has to infiltrate a vampire’s club in order to get some blood.  He’s not happy about the idea, but for survival’s sake, he has to go on despite whatever trouble lies ahead. The author started the story in the right spot: [...]

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