Tag: observations
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The Birth of the Genre
The origin of the speculative fiction genre, which today encompasses both science fiction and fantasy, is hard to pinpoint. One reason is because the term “science fiction” was introduced long after the first works we would consider to be SF were already published. Although SF existed, it hadn’t truly been defined yet. (Some would say…
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The Writing Obsession
Sometimes writing feels like play: fun and carefree. Other times it’s as tedious as any job. For me right now, it feels like play. I’ve been meaning to blog for a while on the topic of writing as an obsession. Over the last week or so, thoughts of my story have been on my mind…
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Post-Thanksgiving
So, as expected, Thanksgiving wrecked last week’s writing goals. However, the word count for last week wasn’t too shabby even though I only wrote one day. Finished the week at a little over 2,500 words. My natural tendency is to berate myself for my failings last week and become disheartened, thereby spiraling into another couple…