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Deus ex Machina never works
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Deus ex Machina never works.
Contents
2013 Blog
- Alan Turing's paper on computation published 76 years ago today
- All I need to solve this mystery is an antagonist
- An open letter to anyone who wants to be a writer
- Archer -- Danger Zone
- Author interview posted at standoutbooks.com
- Back when the future was shiny
- Betrayal at House on the Hill -- quick review
- The Big Bang Theory is ready for the zombie apocalypse
- Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) - You should be writing
- The Business Rusch: Perfection (link)
- Congratulations Emlyn Chand and Charles B. Warren
- Cool book covers
- Cover design for Nova Genesis World series continues to evolve
- The Death of Publishing (The Business Rusch) (link)
- Deus ex Machina never works
- Everybody skips the exposition
- Fermi's Paradox Observations and Inferences
- Fritz Freiheit Author Feature - 1 Book Lover' s Opinion (link)
- Galadriel - You should be writing
- Gallery of cool book covers
- Google Glass is making a life changing difference for the disabled (link)
- The great sci-fi hunt: help us find the best independently published books (link)
- Grumpy Cat hates Freddie Widgeon
- Helen Mirren as the Doctor
- I say Jeeves, don't you think all great literature is about characters who change and grow(qm)
- I want her for my editor (link)
- Iain Banks announces some bad news
- Iain Banks dies of cancer aged 59 (link)
- Impulse Drive -- Mach Effect Thruster (link)
- Interviewing the Indies: Fritz Freiheit (link)
- Janelle Monáe - Q.U.E.E.N. feat. Erykah Badu (Official Video)
- Magneto (Ian Mckellen) - I rather think you should be writing
- Mind Meld: Who are your favorite female protagonists(qm)
- Neil Gaiman: Iain Banks was one of us, whatever that meant (link)
- Nobody likes a Mary Sue
- On being Thor for Halloween
- The Only Kind of Sentence You Should Use in Your Fiction (link)
- Proportion of adjectives and adverbs: Some facts (link)
- Quadrocopters have some moves (Googleplus repost)
- Quantum Vacuum Plasma Thruster and Warp Drive (link)
- Recently linked to by SFSignal (as 40 Superhero Cliches and Tropes)
- Red Phone Box -- KickStarter progress (Googleplus repost)
- The Red Rook available in print
- The Red Rook cover almost done
- The Red Rook now available on Amazon
- Rook's Gambit - A review of The Red Rook at HeroSandwich.net (link)
- School is no place for a reader (link)
- Shane Black to write and direct Doc Savage film (link)
- Space Opera: An Epic History (link)
- Standing tall against the outrage of plot theft
- Steampunk Bender cosplay
- Swedish Chef - Writing advice without talking about genre
- That's right, every story must start with action
- Tolkien's Five Tips for Creating Complex Heroes (link)
- Updated with judge's commentary on Dispensing Justice
- What I Learned from James Patterson by Mark Sullivan (link)
- What it Means When Someone Tries to Tell You THE Rules of Good Writing (link)
- When you start with 'The best fiction is about a character who changes in some significant way'
- Where's (Heinlein's) Waldo(qm)
- Winston Churchill's plan to fight Nazis with massive aircraft carriers made from ice (link)
- Woman fencer - Cosmopolitan 1937 magazine cover
- Wonder Woman Fan Film Trailer (video)
- Xilent Boss Wave (official music-video)
- Ylvis - The Fox (What Does the Fox Say)
- You know Wilson, you can't tell a story without conflict
- You. Start writing
- Category:Fritz Blogs in 2013
| Blog posted: | 2013/10/23 |
Writing Advice Images
- All I need to solve this mystery is an antagonist
- Deus ex Machina never works
- Everybody skips the exposition
- Getting the character name right is critical
- I say Jeeves, don't you think all great literature is about characters who change and grow(qm)
- Looking for writing rules(qm) Start here
- Nobody likes a Mary Sue
- Prologues never contribute to the story
- The protagonist has to succeed all on their own
- Show, don't tell (image)
- Standing tall against the outrage of plot theft
- Swedish Chef - Writing advice without talking about genre
- That's right, every story must start with action
- Third person omniscient is so 19th Century
- When dialogue you write, dialect you should not use
- Writing advice gallery
- You know Wilson, you can't tell a story without conflict
- Category:Writing Advice Image
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- Perry Rhodan 421 - Crest IV (ship cross section)
- Gallery of generic covers featuring title fonts
- SF Book Cover Gallery (dynamic)
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