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Advice for a Returning Blogger
A friend of mine returning to blogging asked for some advice on getting back into the swing of things. Here’s what I shared with her. SEO: Don’t Worry, Be Happy First, regarding SEO: as you may or may...
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New York Under Water, pt 2: What Does a 2-Meter Sea Rise Look Like?
This is part 2 of a series of posts about climate change, rising sea levels, and science fiction. See part 1 here and part 3 here. Incidentally, if you are a climate change denier, my footnote at the...
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When to Use Old Language and Slang in Your Stories
"Pish-posh!" I’m writing an alternate history/paranormal novel that takes place in a version of Victorian England (Queen Victoria’s Transmogrifier, which I’ve written about here). I routinely give...
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Alternate History: Picking Out the Threads
Off in a Time Machine… I love history. In another lifetime I am no doubt a professional historian, possibly a medievalist, but with a heavy emphasis on social history and sociological context as well....
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How to Use Class in Historical Settings, Part 1
The chamber maid brings tea – Pehr Hillestrom 1775 Before our modern era of democratic equality, before school children growing up were routinely taught that “we are all equal”, quite a different...
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Gender Roles and Women in Power: An Uncomfortable Fiction
The Backwards World: Woman swings scepter while man spins thread - Israhel van Meckenenem 15th c I know an indie game designer who is working on an rpg with a surprisingly radical premise: that women...
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Three Problems to Avoid If You Publish a Fiction Ebook
Today’s burgeoning ebook market has made something possible that used to be very frowned upon: self-publishing. It used to be that if you were a Serious Author, you would only sell your work to a Real...
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Ancient Egyptian Handbook of Spells Deciphered
Researchers have deciphered an ancient Egyptian handbook, revealing a series of invocations and spells. I’d love to see a complete English language translation of this. This seems like great...
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Creeping up on a website revision
Well, I just spent a couple hours in geek hell trying to figure out why this wordpress sites no longer displayed correctly. Turns out the newest Jetpack plugin upgrade completely fubared my theme. (Am...
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4th of July Book Sale
Get World Building books and other good reads for 10% off through July 4th at my online bookstore!
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