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Naturalistic fantasy: a light touch for weighty tales
My work-in-progress novel, The Poison Sky, fits into the sub-genre naturalistic fantasy, which does not yet exist. I’ll define this sub-genre and why I think it’s an area ripe for new stories.
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Crossing the chasm: a leap of faith with your audience
Stories are innately more enjoyable when you trust your audience to cross a mental chasm: to draw the connections without being instructed on how to do so.
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Stuck: how to break free when your story snags
When your story gets stuck, try using the most basic of tricks to get unstuck: return to the fundamentals of the Process-Oriented approach.
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Drawbridge, CA: A Ghost In Our Midst
Drawbridge, CA is a ghost town hiding in plain sight not far from San Francisco, and in the shadow of Silicon Valley.
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My #viewfromtheoffice: a photo essay
An essay of photos taken during (and slightly before and after) my bicycle tours over the Golden Gate Bridge and around San Francisco.