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What is the “truth” about the “Titanic” (if that was its real name)? For more “truth” if you can “handle ‘it’” see the official website for the Titanic Truth Movement. (Glommed from eeknight‘s LiveJournal.)

This week’s Writer’s Five, answered for Morlock again. 1. Does your protagonist have a hobby? He makes things. But it’s more like a vocation than an avocation. 2. Does your protagonist have a best friend or a confidant of sorts, … Continue reading →

A while ago I was trying to plot a story which was (and is still) giving me some trouble and suddenly my brain plotzed. I had one of those mental crises where I realized I didn’t know something I thought … Continue reading →

queenoftheskies mentions The Writer’s Five, a new LiveJournal community that posts five questions for writers each week on Wednesday. I feel a pressing urge to post something here besides YouTube videos, so I’m in. These questions are all about a … Continue reading →

I know it seems like this blog is becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of YouTube, but a friend brought this video to my attention, and since it is both useful and beautiful– Oh, no it’s not. But it is the … Continue reading →

A mash-up of the 300 trailer, transforming it into family fun for all ages. I would pay big money to see this movie.

This meme has popped up in a few places that I know of. Steve Goble’s recent resurrection of it inspired me to make my own (not especially original) list. Things I Never Want to See Again in Fantasy Fiction 1. … Continue reading →

Howard A. Jones, Managing Editor for Black Gate, has set up a LiveJournal for the magazine. In the first entry he sketches some sword and sorcery musings. Looks like it might be a promising venue to kick some ideas around.

…is the music of Altan on St. Patrick’s Day, or St. Hubert’s Day, or any particular day. Bo Mhin Na Toitean /Dark Haired Lass Ta Mo Chleamhnas A Dheanamh

In a recent post Sean Stiennon mulls over the perennial issue of showing vs. telling with his usual wit and concision. What he said got me thinking, and one of the things that occurred to me was that the oft-cited … Continue reading →