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The Craftsman’s Workshop: Slow Productivity and Better Stories

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The Consolation of Fantasy

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Your Quarantine Reading List

March 30, 2020

Well, it’s official. There’s at least another month of lockdown/quarantine/social distancing going on in the US. Rather than lose yourself in the…

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Come and Navigate the Sea of Story with Me!

March 25, 2020

Have you ever had the surreal experience of realizing you’re inside someone else’s breakthrough moment? When you’re seeing the lightbulb go off,…

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Why is This (slightly embarrassed) Fantasy Author Reviewing Golden Age Mysteries?

March 24, 2020

I can’t help it. I don’t care about genre conventions. If there’s a book that grabs you by the throat, turns you…

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How to make the best creative use of your Coronavirus “free time”

March 23, 2020

How are you all coping, dear friends? I’ve had quite a range of emotions, ranging from freaked out to excited about the…

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To Make it Through Quarantine, Read… A LOT

March 19, 2020
Community across space and time: the best way to make our way through the difficulties of quarantine
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Empathy vs Compassion: Or How Game of Thrones Got it All Wrong

March 12, 2020

We are told that empathy is what makes us human. Without empathy, we would be sociopathic and cold-blooded. In fact, screenwriters are…

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