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Christopher Owen: February 2014
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Friday, February 14, 2014. Finally, A New Post. Just checked my writing blog and realized it was painfully in need of updating. Last entry: back in March! Sorry, I’ve been quite remiss in keeping it up. I have been writing. Mostly work on a novel, hence the dearth of short stories this year, though I did manage a few pieces of flash, most of which are up over at Every Day Fiction. TFOM takes place during a single week in June in the fictional town of Brandywine, Maine. (The week of Midsummer’s ...So, tha...
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Christopher Owen: WorldCon
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Friday, August 31, 2012. Just a quick update to inform that I arrived at Worldcon in Chicago yesterday. WorldCon, for those who don’t know, is the World Science Fiction Convention, this year in its 70. Iteration. It’s actually my second WorldCon, (I went to Lonestar Con 2 in San Antonio back in ’97), but it’s my first to attend as a writer. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm a writer of both genre and mainstream fiction living in Texas with my wife and two cats. View my complete profile.
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Christopher Owen: May 2012
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Dissecting A Story: Way to Blue. Writers often seem to loathe the thought of commenting on their own writing process, and even more so upon their finished stories. This is probably a good thing, and I for the most part concur. A finished piece of writing should stand on its own, without explanation or annotation. It is the reader’s right to discover the charms of the tale on their own, and let the story be what it is for them and them alone. I’ve decided to comment upon the ...
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Abby Goldsmith: July 2012
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Jul 25, 2012. Awful Air France Ordeal. When we travel these days, we all expect long lines, underpaid airport staff who don't care about helping travelers, delayed flights, and hassles. That has become normal (and I found a good article about why that is. Air France flight 688 was scheduled to depart Paris CDG. At 1:30pm, and arrive in Atlanta around 5:30pm. What happened? We departed Paris at 2:45pm, diverted to Washington D.C. for no apparent reason, and arrived in Atlanta at 3:30am the next day. So I ...
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Christopher Owen: Vonnegut and the Future of Books
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013. Vonnegut and the Future of Books. I’ve been reading a lot more lately- a thing which I challenged myself to do when I got back from Worldcon last September. Any good writer will tell you that a writer needs to read as much as they write, for it is in this manner that the brain feeds itself so that it can then regurgitate that input into what one hopes will be wholly better output. How do we reward such an exhibitionist? We say to him or her the next morning, 'Wow! Ah, the int...
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Christopher Owen: Heading to Middle Earth
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Saturday, September 22, 2012. Heading to Middle Earth. I’m currently on a vacation of sorts, in a much-loved realm, though I haven’t left home. I’m talking, of course, of the pilgrimage I take to Middle Earth every few years, in the form of re-reading my favorite novel, The Lord of the Rings. (and yes, though it is call a trilogy, or even THE trilogy, it is really just one long novel). Birthday party to when Frodo leaves the Shire) Tolkien was a great lover of nature, and this is reflected in his prose&#...
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Christopher Owen: June 2012
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Thursday, June 7, 2012. Ray Bradbury, RIP. Ray Bradbury, one of my favorite authors, has just passed away. Better writers than I will eulogize him. I can only offer these simple thoughts:. Ray Bradbury was the first writer who made me realize that words alone can evoke great beauties in the mind that go beyond the mere meaning of the sentences that they make up. He made me realize that a writer, at their best, is an artist painting with words, painting great visions on the canvas of the mind’s eye. In da...
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Christopher Owen: In The Works
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Listed below are a few of my novels that are in various states of creation. Faith Caldwell, the daughter of a prominent Televangelist, is pursuing a successful singing career when she meets and falls in love with Aaron Webber, a confirmed atheist. Complications ensue. (Current State: Rough Draft. Genre: Mainstream). The Fairies of Maine. The lives of two couples and a widower intertwine with the world of Faerie during their stay at the mysterious old Brandywine Inn in Maine. The proprietors of the In...
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Odyssey Writing Tips Page #2
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Up to Writing Tips. Writing Tips #2: Outlining Your Plot. The plot forms the underlying structure of your story, and if that structure is weak, the story will be weak as well. Many times it's hard for the writer to see the underlying structure of his own story, and this makes it impossible for the writer to judge whether this structure is effective and whether it is the best possible structure for the story. Here's how to outline. Have any conflicts been introduced? What is at stake here? Is this the cor...
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Christopher Owen: Finally, A New Post
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Friday, February 14, 2014. Finally, A New Post. Just checked my writing blog and realized it was painfully in need of updating. Last entry: back in March! Sorry, I’ve been quite remiss in keeping it up. I have been writing. Mostly work on a novel, hence the dearth of short stories this year, though I did manage a few pieces of flash, most of which are up over at Every Day Fiction. TFOM takes place during a single week in June in the fictional town of Brandywine, Maine. (The week of Midsummer’s ...So, tha...
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