{108} Racism, fantasy, and transformative works

This entry is part [part not set] of 130 in the series Blog-a-Day2016If your defense of a fantasy story’s whiteness is “historical accuracy”, you are already wrong. The current wank about Tim Burton’s flat-out racist commentary on why he was...

{104} The Importance of Ruthless Encouragement

This entry is part [part not set] of 130 in the series Blog-a-Day2016I received a few grateful comments on my post about my writing “technique” (less of that than a writing “attack” but whatevs) from friends who felt encouraged by reading about...

{103} Ghost chains

This entry is part [part not set] of 130 in the series Blog-a-Day2016I felt like I was being held back, but the chains were self inflicted. My friend KimM calls it “ghost chains”, the feeling that something is stopping you from moving forward. I’ll...

{100} Century post!

This entry is part [part not set] of 130 in the series Blog-a-Day2016This is my 100th day of writing a blog a day and posting at Medium. My goal is to do this for a whole year. It’s a challenge set to get me writing every day again, and also an experiment in...

{99} Writing a sloppy mess

This entry is part [part not set] of 130 in the series Blog-a-Day2016I’ve written over five published books and 1 million words of fanfiction by doing everything “wrong”. I wrote in another post that my writing process is basically a disorganized,...

{95} Plotting: throwing out the crap

This entry is part [part not set] of 130 in the series Blog-a-Day2016Last night was Productivity Thursday with my friend Kim McShane. She’s in the preparatory stages of launching a business, and I’m at the point where I’m thinking about plot and...

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