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January 2015 – Rachel Schoenbauer
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News & Updates. Monthly Archives: January 2015. This entry was tagged Novel WIP: Station. January 29, 2015. And, friends, there are a lot of theories. Just take a look at the Time Travel page on TVTropes,. We had time travel and handwaves the how. And how do we as people finally learning to manipulate the 4th dimension even deal with that ability. Fun sidenote: this memory modification is a little like the whole Berenstein Bears vs. Berenstain Bears. Is part of the Many Interacting Worlds (MIW) theory.
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Philosophy of Editing – Rachel Schoenbauer
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News & Updates. This entry was tagged editor hat. February 23, 2015. This particular post has a twofold purpose. First, to let you know where I am with my projects (! And the second to sort of explain what sort of editor I am when I’m editing someone else’s work. Hopefully, the reason they’re mushed together in the same post will become evident rather quickly. 🙂. And with that segue, here’s my attempt:. Line editing is a bit looser and more concerned with the. Of the piece. Why is this scene here? It ad...
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May 2015 – Rachel Schoenbauer
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News & Updates. Monthly Archives: May 2015. 8230; and the Importance of Peers. This entry was tagged No writer is an island. May 12, 2015. So the first half of this topic. Was about how self-doubt will wander in when the insecurity at the core of my Writer’s Ego pounces. This second half (well, ‘half’. Part two? Talks about one of the best ways I’ve found to combat insecurity beyond hacking your brain and modifying your expectations. I use ‘peer’ here very deliberately. To chase the colleague metaphor ve...
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Personal – Rachel Schoenbauer
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News & Updates. If it’s important…. This entry was tagged journal ramble. December 31, 2015. Let’s just say that this year has been epic, stressful, and full of ridiculous, massive changes in both my personal and professional life. If you had told me in January any of the stuff in my life right now would have come to pass, I might have laughed at you in disbelief. He said: If it’s important, it’s worth the inconvenience. If it’s important, it’s worth the inconvenience. To focus on, and helped me decide t...
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Sketching Science – Rachel Schoenbauer
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News & Updates. This entry was tagged genre talk. February 12, 2015. This morning, I stumbled across this post on io9: Yes, It Matters If The Science In Your Science Fiction Story Is Accurate. It’s an interesting read, if a bit abbreviated on the subject, and it links to another article internally that it quotes. You can read that one here at the Berkeley Science Review. Or find the link in the io9 article if you’re so inclined. It’s an over-broad generalization, unfortunately, but it does say why ...
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September 2013 – Rachel Schoenbauer
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News & Updates. Monthly Archives: September 2013. So far so… well, I’ve been really busy! This entry was tagged Novel WIP: Broken Bond. September 6, 2013. Interesting fact: When you no longer have a 9-5 job, your days become really full of all the stuff you used your 9-5 job to avoid. Like… dishes. And grocery shopping. And helping people move. And going to conventions. And editing. And spending time with people. Flash (fiction) from the Past. If it’s important…. Note to Self: Take Better Notes.
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August 2013 – Rachel Schoenbauer
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News & Updates. Monthly Archives: August 2013. First day of the rest of my life. This entry was tagged status check. August 19, 2013. I quit my 9-5 job to have more time to write. Currently, that means I’m having my first Monday without a desk job since I convinced someone to hire my inexperienced self right out of college. It feels like it shouldn’t have been as easy as it was to quit, to be honest. I feel like it was almost. Not a lot of writing planned today, unfortunately, because I’m in the th...
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March 2015 – Rachel Schoenbauer
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News & Updates. Monthly Archives: March 2015. The Cyclical Nature of Self-Doubt…. This entry was tagged self-doubt. March 31, 2015. I’ve always conceptualized all of the separate bits of my personalty that pertain directly to my writing as my ‘Writer’s Ego’. I picture it as sort of a fuzzy ball with eyes and feet, rather like Fizzgig from the Dark Crystal:. My Writer’s Ego (It’s so fluffy! It’s also this ball of hair, teeth, and ego that I blame for self-doubt. Who let me near the written word. The inten...
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The Cyclical Nature of Self-Doubt… – Rachel Schoenbauer
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News & Updates. The Cyclical Nature of Self-Doubt…. This entry was tagged self-doubt. March 31, 2015. I’ve always conceptualized all of the separate bits of my personalty that pertain directly to my writing as my ‘Writer’s Ego’. I picture it as sort of a fuzzy ball with eyes and feet, rather like Fizzgig from the Dark Crystal:. My Writer’s Ego (It’s so fluffy! It’s also this ball of hair, teeth, and ego that I blame for self-doubt. There’s a lot of good advice out there about self-doubt from a bunch.
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… and the Importance of Peers – Rachel Schoenbauer
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News & Updates. 8230; and the Importance of Peers. This entry was tagged No writer is an island. May 12, 2015. So the first half of this topic. Was about how self-doubt will wander in when the insecurity at the core of my Writer’s Ego pounces. This second half (well, ‘half’. Part two? Talks about one of the best ways I’ve found to combat insecurity beyond hacking your brain and modifying your expectations. I use ‘peer’ here very deliberately. To chase the colleague metaphor very briefly, writers, artists...
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