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My Wizard's Wood Press works
A list of everything I've published under Wizard's Wood Press, and where to find it, in a sticky posting.
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restructure the story
Poking around with an idea. A superhero story with a different metaorigin that the one complete AND the one in process.
It's ripping off an idea from the backstory of one I read. The story was great, but -- I was kinda interested in what happened to a major character whose story the main character had learned. Back stories are generally nicer to file off the serial numbers off. BUT -- it needs to be simplified for structural elegance.
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It's ripping off an idea from the backstory of one I read. The story was great, but -- I was kinda interested in what happened to a major character whose story the main character had learned. Back stories are generally nicer to file off the serial numbers off. BUT -- it needs to be simplified for structural elegance.
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Image and Imagination
Image and Imagination: Essays and Reviews by C.S. Lewis
A collection of his work, often occasional.
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A collection of his work, often occasional.
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reflections on revision
My characters are not in my confidence.
A wise thing to remember. Especially when I had actually put in one character's mouth a fair innocuous explanation for their problem. The other character has to persuade him to assume they are in mortal danger, even with all the potential for accidents.
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A wise thing to remember. Especially when I had actually put in one character's mouth a fair innocuous explanation for their problem. The other character has to persuade him to assume they are in mortal danger, even with all the potential for accidents.
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fleeting fall
From the window, the inner branches of the tree are clear, where the leaves are turning gold while all about is emerald green.
A slope is turning, gently, with sumac and aspens shading from green to yellow.
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A slope is turning, gently, with sumac and aspens shading from green to yellow.
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vignette
This week's prompt is:
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Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term.
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Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term.
O come, O come, Emmanuel
law and the super power
Further reflections on how the law would change for superpowers --
The biggest question, of course, is how powerful they are, compared to normal humans. Though that would have some caveats based on whether normal humans can get their hands on technology produced by some Gadgeteers, super-technology-makers -- and technology that can be maintained by normal humans.
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The biggest question, of course, is how powerful they are, compared to normal humans. Though that would have some caveats based on whether normal humans can get their hands on technology produced by some Gadgeteers, super-technology-makers -- and technology that can be maintained by normal humans.
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law and the meta-origin
When reading about how the law would apply to superheroes, sometimes I am mildly annoyed at the treatment of the law as if it were the law of the Medes and Persians that altereth not. Such as -- true, the FAA has authority only over people who fly with devices, and one of the last cases of a British court dealing with witchcraft had the judge telling the witnesses who claimed to see a woman flying that flying was not a crime. The advent of flying superheroes would change that quick -- or might not.
One thing that would affect how it would change would be the meta-origin. And if there were more than one source, it would probably affect how the law changed.
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One thing that would affect how it would change would be the meta-origin. And if there were more than one source, it would probably affect how the law changed.
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Fight Write
Fight Write: How to Write Believable Fight Scenes by Carla Hoch
A discussion of the nitty-gritty of fight scenes. For the writers who want to get down to the technical details of haymakers versus Superman punches, various kinds of swords, details of guns, and wounds. Going to the ground, self-defense laws, and differences between Japanese and Norse swords, based on the way Scandinavian is rich in bog iron, making good swords readily, and Japan in pig iron, much more difficult to use.
A discussion of the nitty-gritty of fight scenes. For the writers who want to get down to the technical details of haymakers versus Superman punches, various kinds of swords, details of guns, and wounds. Going to the ground, self-defense laws, and differences between Japanese and Norse swords, based on the way Scandinavian is rich in bog iron, making good swords readily, and Japan in pig iron, much more difficult to use.
