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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 3 January 2016 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** They had a glorious view of the planet Karis from the transit station. The station was … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 27 December 2015 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** Martisset was so absorbed in studying the models for death-correspondence that she didn’t hear her … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 20 December 2015 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** Yasmin didn’t like to think of herself as naive, but the glories of the universe … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 13 December 2015 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** “You won’t be expected to make a clan-marriage till you’re well into your profession,” her … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 6 December 2015 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. ***   Shamali smirked at the cadet-portrait. “Odd looking creature.” “Well, genetic variation, so they’ve got … Continue reading

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NaNoFeed: excerpt from the side project (“Self Insert”)

This year for NaNoWriMo I took on two projects: the novel Ship’s Heart (space opera) and the novella Self Insert (contemporary fantasy). The following excerpt is a text exchange between Shonda (a medical necromancer and librarian) and her friend Natalya/Tasha (a writer). *** … Continue reading

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The Muse of Research: Interview with Kate Elliott

Kate Elliott is my contemporary by age and my elder by career. Over the last decades, she’s been steadily producing a wide-ranging body of work in science fiction and fantasy, with brilliantly realized settings from the deep past to the … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 29 November 2015 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** “My head’s going to explode,” Ferenc said. “Oh no it’s not,” Genubi said, “so, Ferenc … Continue reading

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The Muse of Research: Interview with Aliette de Bodard

In the last few years, Aliette de Bodard has become one of my favorite science fiction and fantasy writers. Her settings are impeccably realized, from an AU Aztec Empire where the magic works as advertised (the Obsidian and Blood detective … Continue reading

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 15 November 2015 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** “Well, we’re not in their kinship network, so to put it bluntly, we’re not really … Continue reading

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