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80Writing Tips #1: Seven Hooks to Tease your Reader
All through history, great writers have teased their readers by gripping first paragraphs. I have tried to illustrate some examples of the ‘hook’ to give you an idea of what your readership may expect and find engaging. Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule. But, as novice writers wanting to make a ma
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72The Best Science Fiction books
Although I read books of all sorts, the kind that I love the most is science fiction. The problem is that there just aren't that many good science fiction books out there. Most sci-fi writers are crap--that's all there is to it. I spend a good chunk...
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77Dancing Neurons Phase into a Snow Crash
Recently, Mentalist acer asked me what my favorite sci fi novel. If there's anything I love more than reading, it's writing. And if there's anything more I love writing, it's about what I read.
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69Stunningly Intricate: Curta Mechanical Calculator
What if Babbage's Difference Engine spawned a "laptop"? It's hard to find more desirable and satisfying (in a tactile sort of way) mechanical fetish item from the age of early computing... For years Curta calculators enjoyed a cult status among...
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67Review of Frontier Gothic
This book is devoted to understanding the themes and changes in American literary interpretations of the frontier from the colonial period until the twentieth century. The implicit thesis is that transformation from an encounter with supernatural or irrational forces on the physical, mental, or spiritual frontier should be considered one of if not the preeminent experience in American literature.
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71Selling Steampunk Items on eBay
A few ideas on how to market antique or vintage items as Steampunk on eBay. This hubpage briefly discusses how old skeleton keys can be sold as Steampunk jewelry.
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61Excerpts of Cyberpunk: Neural Feed, A Child's Death
I suppose in an attempt to show I'm not a one trick pony, I've decided to yet again venture out and show you some of my "other" novels. These, too, are science fiction. But like many ideas in this genre--it's...
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51The Top 5 Sci-Fi Novels of All Time
It's really tough to have to narrow down the top 5 best sci-fi stories of all time. While Science Fiction authors are right up there with Fantasy and Romance novelists as the least respected writers around,...
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53Segphault
Information is propagating through our society at an exponential rate. What will come from this torrential information flow?
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78An Illustrated Guide to Steampunk #1: The Origin of a Genre
Do you ache for the scratchy yet seductive sounds of an old gramophone player? Do you pine for the chuff chuff of a rocking steam engine over the soulless glide of an electric one? Do you care for the clackety clack of a Remington typewriter over the bouncy plastic of your keyboard? Then you have come to the right place...
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