We Write!
"But Cedar! Formulaic is Bad!" No. No it is not, it's shorthand, more often than not, for you don't like it. Formula is a useful tool, and one most writers are using, even if unconsciously. In fact, to break out of being a formulaic writer, you must understand the formula first, and then deliberately set... Continue Reading →
I woke up to the gurgle of the coffee pot, and sat up in bed knowing that my husband had made coffee. He'd timed it for when he knew I had to be up and about today, so I could have a first sip with no waiting. That's romantic. After ten years, we know one... Continue Reading →
This post is expanding on a topic that CV Walter, Jonna Hayden, and I discussed on Episode 3 of the Broad Cast. The Broad Cast is presented by the Three Moms of the Apocalypse, and it's a podcast spun off from the livecast run by JL Curtis. Three women, all highly creative, sitting and chatting... Continue Reading →
[-- Karen Myers --] You learn something every day... With a hat tip to The Passive Voice, I recently discovered something rather astounding (or is it amazing?) -- namely that "the genre of science fiction is deeply indebted to patent law and patent theory" via Hugo Gernsback. This requires some explanation. The first issue of... Continue Reading →
[--- Karen Myers ---] I was born in 1953, and as soon as I could read, I pounced on everything I could find. By the age of eight or nine I was familiar with all the readily available retellings of the northern European folktales (not the sanitized-for-children Disneyesque ones) which included the Brothers Grimm, Perrault,... Continue Reading →
Mad Genius Club 