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How to make the inevitable surprising
Do your characters have a destiny? Or do they make choices? This post discusses how both can be true.
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How to crew an airship
A short scene describing the roles of all the men serving aboard a military airship in A Philosophy of Air.
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Devil’s eggs? Fascinating links in a San Francisco classic
Go back to the Gold Rush, when eggs cost enough to kill for. Believe it or not, this high cost led to one of San Francisco’s classic dishes!
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How to create subscenes in Scrivener
How to configure a Scrivener project to build scenes from subscenes. And just what is a scene anyway?
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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.