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DGGrace: It's Official: Pokémon Go Just SUCKS
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Wednesday, August 10, 2016. It's Official: Pokémon Go Just SUCKS. Yes, children, it's official: Niantic's ever-so-popular game, Pokémon Go. To be more specific, Pokémon Go. Cheats its players. With update 1.1.0, I'd heard all the internet buzz about how Niantic had decided to make catching Pokémon harder to catch by increasing the likelihood of an escape from Pokéball after initial trapping but before the game's acknowledging "Gotcha! And she escaped from the ball. I threw another, trapped her again, and...
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The Coriolis Question: Eventide
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Sunday, March 29, 2009. Now, as this last miserable year grinds to a close, I thought I’d snatch some last 2008 tidbits out of the ether, before unplanned obsolescence (the lifeblood of the internet in general and blogs in specific) take hold. The most ineradicable of internet memes- the cat:. How i feel about poetry. Sitting on machine i don't understand. Cannot make it speak/fly/produce food/pet.me. Managed a bit of brilliant urban camouflage. Or something like that. I give the man a dollar. From now o...
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DGGrace: May 2014
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014. So, before I put my first novel up for sale in Amazon's Kindle store, I did a lot of research into blurbs for stories. I found that, according to some writers, anyway, there are actual rules. About what you should and should not include in these blurbs. One of these rules says you should concentrate on your protagonist; tell what the story is about based on that one individual, and just forget about the rest. I didn't like this rule. In the case of Gifts. This is a curse? Now a s...
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DGGrace: Beauty Full Friend
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Monday, May 7, 2012. Because that's how Morrison says it in the recording: "beauty full friend, the end."). I have a challenge for you, boys and girls. First, though, I need to throw out a bit of background info. Bear with me. I love eschatology. Let's be sure we're on the same page here, kids. I'm not talking about scatology. That's the study of poop. Eschatology. Under the grand aegis of eschatology. By the way, not an ending. Labels: Beauty Full Friend. June 25, 2012 at 10:23 AM. A coffee pot since a ...
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DGGrace: Sweet Mystery of Life - eh, not quite
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Sweet Mystery of Life - eh, not quite. Trigger warning - rape]. A friend of mine recently posted a Facebook link to an excellent article on Huffington Post (yeah, they still occasionally get one right). The piece, A "Rape Culture" Tutorial for Naysayers. Attack. My first thought upon reading his claim was, "O shit! He can read my mind! I promise, I did not. Call him any of the things I was thinking—not even dumbass. Be poisonous. If men (women too, really) learn to think of...
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DGGrace: My Dangerous Manifesto
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Monday, March 24, 2014. Ansel giving a high five. Back in 1967, Harlan Ellison forever altered the face, the texture, the flavor—the very core of speculative fiction (SF). He managed this sea change not by writing a radically new type of SF story (he'd done that two years earlier with his publication of "'Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman'" in Galaxy. Magazine). Nor did this change come with the coining or refinement of the term speculative fiction. Would be little more than reinforcement. Really a...
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DGGrace: A Bit More on that Sequel
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Monday, August 25, 2014. A Bit More on that Sequel. As I explained before, Gifts. Pretty much said everything I wanted to say about my four changeling characters. Thus, initially, I considered the novel a complete, standalone product. Since my primary interest is in SF with a political or police-procedural bent, having completed my first Urban Fantasy was something of a relief. Had any caste significance (they don't) and how I would differentiate between conjuration. Says he doesn't consider himself a me...
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Hiatus | SpecTechnique
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A thoroughly non-racist kerfluffle. Unlike certain memes, I’ve been busy working on a large number of new projects… and so this blog has been getting a little less love. But I hope to bring a world of writing analysis, fun quotes, devious technical breakdowns, and JRPG screenshots back to you as soon as I can. A blog about literary techniques and devices, especially those used in speculative fiction (F/SF). Larison contra the analogy hunters theamericanconservative.com/larison/the-co. An und für sich.
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ACTION | SpecTechnique
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Archive for the ‘ACTION’ Category. Shanghai Steam ToC out! I’m pleased to announce that my story, “Legend of the Secret Masterpiece,” will appear in the upcoming steampunk-wuxia anthology, Shanghai Steam. It’ll be released at World Fantasy Convention, November 1-4, 2012. From ancient China to a future Mars, from the British Empire to the Old West, 19 authors show you worlds with alcohol fuelled dragons, philosophical […]. The “Time Ratio” of an Action Scene. Action Writing Secrets of Wuxia Novels. Yester...
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BEGINNINGS | SpecTechnique
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Archive for the ‘BEGINNINGS’ Category. Welcome to SpecTechnique, a technical blog for speculative fiction writers. Every day, I’ll be presenting a different technique of interest, we’ll cover everything from action to aphorism. Today we’re going to look at intro paragraphs. The intro paragraph is probably the most important paragraph in a short story. That paragraph may be all that busy […]. This blog will go up pretty soon, follow me on twitter for the latest info. An und für sich. Grasping for the Wind.
