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Getting Your Readers to Take a Leap of Faith
I think that in every story the author gets one official suspension of disbelief. You can have one thing that is totally ridiculous that you’re asking everyone to ignore. Most science fiction and fantasy texts use it for the premise of the story. Aliens are real? Okay. Tiny blonde superhero can ignore the laws of […]
Starships Were Meant to Fly
May 3, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
We’re making a slight detour from the actual order of the playlist because this song has been stuck in my head all week and I needed to share that with you. Because I’m nice. Thoughtful. All those good things. And because someone made this fanvid for it that’s the bestest thing ever. If you’re a sci-fi […]
ISS Star Trails
December 20, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
Not the end of the world, just your everyday stars.
Science Fiction Safety Protocols or Why Don’t People Seem to Realise Space Travel Actually INCREASES the Number of Ways You Can Die?
October 3, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
Me: I just realised I’ve given this ship an airlock that it shouldn’t have out of existential panic and now have to figure out how to write it out. Rick: Don’t they need airlocks? Me: Ships that are meant to dock with one another should have airlocks. This ship is docking with another, hence I […]
Vampire is Just a Way of Saying, “You Kinda Freak Me Out, Man”
October 2, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
Rick: Pirates? Me: Pirates. Vampires. Thieves. Smugglers. Whatever. Rick: I remember you telling me about vampires. Me: Same thing. Rick: How does that work? Vampires can’t be pirates. Pirates are uncouth, vampires are… well they are couth. Me: That’s a stereotype. You don’t think I’m writing about stereotypes, do you? Rick: I’m guessing the answer […]
Look a Three Headed Monkey!
August 21, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
Help! Am trapped in luxurious resort with terrible internet! I mean… no, seriously. There’s something very wrong here. One’s room should not come with a vacuum cleaner but without reliable internet. I have standards! I have… okay, well, I’m needy, all right? But you! You have real internet, right? Shiny, bright internet that let’s you […]
Three Things I Think You Need In Your Life Today
April 18, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
This isn’t a trailer for the TV mini-series based on Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens that’s still in development. This claims to be the world’s most dangerous sport. I’m not sure if that’s true. It certainly looks dangerous. And fun. Although I’m pretty sure the only reason Paul S showed it to me was because of […]
Less Action HERO, More Action Hello-Did-I-Set-That-On-Fire?
January 10, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
When I started writing Wizards I spent some time trying to figure out what sort of genre it fit into. I mean, okay, it’s science fiction, borderline fantasy but I needed to know more specifically than that. Because — wizards, okay? But we’re not talking epic fantasy wizards. There’s no great quest or universal do-what […]
Strike a Blow for Decency in Movie Physics
January 2, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
This website has thoughtfully invented a rating system for how seriously movies disregard the laws of physics and explains the most common and most egregious errors that movie makers perpetrate. Which is entertaining in and of itself, but the part that’s making me laugh the hardest right now is that for some reason when I […]
BooYah!!!
October 10, 2011 by Paul McLaughlan
… and I sent Bibliotek off to my supervisor! This isn’t really that big a deal, it’s only the next furthest edit, but I have been promising that for the past three months!
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Paul McLaughlan
June 5, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
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