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'ROAR!' roared the Sandworm as it roared roaringly.

In the first part of this post, I brought up some questions you should ask yourself if you’re writing a Neo-Victorian (or Neo-Anything-Else) science fiction story. Today I’ve got a few more questions along with some pertinent examples. The response I got last time was pretty great, so feel free to leave your thoughts on [...] More »

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There’s been a lot of discussion, debate and argument in the past year on the topic of minority characters in YA. I won’t rehash any of the more famous controversies that have come up recently, because you’re probably already familiar with them if you follow the industry at all, except to point out that there [...] More »

I forgot to put it in the article, but this is the best/worst example of FutureWord overdose I've ever come across.

(Note: This is a repost of something I originally wrote for The Interroblog. It seems particularly suited to the Academy, so I thought I’d repost it to fill in for Phoebe, who is off having grand adventures that you might get to hear about next week. Enjoy!)   SynthSkin. Grav Tubes. Med-Bay. Med-Anything. Vids. PortaComps. [...] More »

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