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Category Archives: guest post
On Eating Frog Legs and White Asparagus by Jennifer Brozek
Imagine this. You are nine or ten or eleven years old. In your “tweens” as the hip kids call it. Or is that “cool”? You have moved to a foreign country “overseas” because your father was stationed there and you … Continue reading
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Guest Post: The Cake is a Truth by Clara Ward
Note from Cat: I’m so pleased to see Be The Sea out in print. I read an early version and it’s a lovely book. Please pick it up or request it through your local library! A Yule log cake features … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Confessions of a Reluctant Writing Gamer by Janet K. Smith
Writing games. I avoided them for years because I was short on time, not ideas. Once I lifted my head from my page, I realized my focus was all wrong. This one-hour-a-week “game†held incredible lessons I couldn’t get anywhere … Continue reading
Guest Post: Juliet Kemp On Writing as Play
I admit to being a sucker for the Ticky Box. Which is to say, I am perhaps excessively motivated by having Lists and Ticking Things Off Them. I like setting goals for myself, and I’m good at breaking those goals … Continue reading
Creative AI vs. Creative Humanity: Guest Post by Laurence Raphael Brothers
AI is coming for your jobs, creatives! Or… it will be, eventually. Not this year. But coming soon. Introduction The last two years have seen surprising and indeed almost shocking advances in AI creative work. Image-generators like Dall-E, Midjourney, and … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Liz Danforth on AI Art
Note: This originally appeared on Liz’s Patreon, which you can find here, and which I highly recommend. Scrying the Future The world will continue to argue the benefits, ethics, problems, and controversies about AI art and writing long past my … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Under-explored areas of writing: Speculative Fiction – Dystopian by Erin Carrougher
While I am a sucker for fairytales and magic, one area of writing that I persistently search for is dystopian not-so-distant futuristic novels. Something plausible, and terrifying, that engulfs the reader in the imaginative, but hope-it-won’t-happen world characters live in. … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Ping-Pong, Spin, and Third-Ball Attack (Or, Why Dialogue Gets Boring and How to Fix It) by Gregory Ashe
Have you ever read dialogue like this?    “We’ll need the Spear of Glorgon to kill the Pit-Fiend Czhnarboth.†   “Yes, we will. Do you know where the Spear of Glorgon may be found?†   “Sadly, it … Continue reading
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Guest Post: The Real Life of Fiction with Keiko O’Leary
Whenever I ask the question “How shall I live?†I always look to literature for the answer. But this time the answer came in a dream. The dream took place in an auditorium, an old one, like the Century movie … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Pick up the Pride Storybundle
Pride StoryBundle 2022 is No Longer Available Betsy Miller, Thinking Ink Press Thanks, Cat, for having me as a guest on your blog. It’s great to have the opportunity to share the news. The Pride StoryBundle includes a wonderful variety … Continue reading
