Tag: inspiration
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If The Monster Is Blue, You’re Safe
Have you ever noticed that most fictional creatures that are blue turn out to be the good guys? Or if not good, at least neutral.I thought it might be fun to take a break from talking about writing and reading, and instead talk about monsters. Blue Monsters Let’s start with the most obvious blue monster:…
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5 SFF Kickstarters You Should Back
If you’re like me, you like the idea of backing creative Kickstarter projects and getting cool stuff in return. But it’s also hard sorting through Kickstarter to find projects specifically in the science fiction and fantasy genre. So I’ve gathered five active, ongoing speculative fiction Kickstarters in this post that I hope you’ll find as interesting as I…
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2014: Year of the Female SFF Author
In my last two posts, I discussed why I stupidly used to avoid reading female authors, and how in 2012 and 2013 the ratio of male to female authors on my reading lists was about 2:1. I intend to rectify that this year.For me, 2014 will be the year of the female science fiction and…