Tag: inspiration
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Why I Avoided Reading Female Authors
In 2012, I read a ratio of 2:1 male to female authors in the speculative fiction genre. 2013 was nearly as skewed. Based on my terrible track record of reading an equal number of books by men vs. women, I’ve decided to make 2014 the year of the female SFF author. Isn’t that sexist, you…
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Reading Retrospective
In 2013, I didn’t read much in the science fiction and fantasy genre (or outside of it). I did much better in 2012, when I actually set a reading list for myself and went about completing it. This post is part of a series: Reading retrospective (what I managed to read in 2012 and 2013)…
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Thanks to the Families
I just got the latest edition of the Writer’s Digest, which includes an interesting article entitled “The Bolt From the Blue” by Celia Johnson. The article features ten famous works and the “bolt” of inspiration that inspired their authors to write them, pulled from Celia Johnson’s book Dancing With Mrs. Dalloway: Stories of the Inspiration…