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January | 2015 | Paula S Jordan's Wordshop
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Paula S Jordan's Wordshop. Science Fiction and Fantasy: Books, Writing, and Other Things I Love. Monthly Archives: January 2015. World Fantasy Con 2014. January 16, 2015. By Paula S. Jordan. Art by Centennial artist Virgil Finlay. A great con, as the 40th World Fantasy Convention (held the 6th through 9th of last November in Washington DC ) certainly was, should be recognized here however belatedly. And acclaimed artist Virgil. Several convention offerings spoke directly to the centennial theme. The prim...
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Paula S Jordan's Wordshop. Science Fiction and Fantasy: Books, Writing, and Other Things I Love. Got my first science fiction book when I was seven. Mickey Mouse and His Space Ship. Thanks Dad. Soon the lady at the library showed me bigger books, with rocket ships on the spines. Thank you, Miss Duckworth. Then I got to fly some rocket ships myself. Well, science and weather satellites, working with lots of interesting folks at NASA and NOAA. Talk about a thrill! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Do You Collect...
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Do You Collect Libraries? | Paula S Jordan's Wordshop
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Paula S Jordan's Wordshop. Science Fiction and Fantasy: Books, Writing, and Other Things I Love. Do You Collect Libraries? February 12, 2015. By Paula S. Jordan. I do From the single small room. And my collection is growing! Thanks to Darcy McClelland. On Facebook, I’ve been introduced to an on-line collection of The Most Majestic Libraries In The World. Consider this Shanghai-La of books for the literary adventurer. Trinity College Library, Dublin. Become the “Bartleby the Scrivener”. You are commenting...
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Not Everyone's Innocent…. Commitments, Community of Writing and ROW80 Check-In. Rants from an Idol Addict: Now You’re a Contestant, Now You’re Not →. Beauty of A Woman BlogFest: Beautiful Things Blossom from Cocoons. February 21, 2013. In 2010, I lost 48 pounds. By the end of 2012, I gained it all back. Along the way, I lost myself. Oh yeah. Cookies? Daily if I could. Mountain Dews were paired with late night studying. Belgian waffles were a staple for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Food became...A funny t...
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World Fantasy Con 2014 | Paula S Jordan's Wordshop
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Paula S Jordan's Wordshop. Science Fiction and Fantasy: Books, Writing, and Other Things I Love. World Fantasy Con 2014. January 16, 2015. By Paula S. Jordan. Art by Centennial artist Virgil Finlay. A great con, as the 40th World Fantasy Convention (held the 6th through 9th of last November in Washington DC ) certainly was, should be recognized here however belatedly. And acclaimed artist Virgil. Several convention offerings spoke directly to the centennial theme. Historical influences in Fantasy. And Ch...
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Mysticon 2015 | Paula S Jordan's Wordshop
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Paula S Jordan's Wordshop. Science Fiction and Fantasy: Books, Writing, and Other Things I Love. March 13, 2015. By Paula S. Jordan. After that interview, the weekend was a delightful round of panels. I appeared on six and attended several others, all on interesting topics. I’m describing here a selection of my personal favorites, ether for general interest or applicability to my novel in progress. Don’t give too much detail, avoid huge info dumps. Get the cultural flavor without too much specificity.
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On Second Drafts | Paula S Jordan's Wordshop
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Paula S Jordan's Wordshop. Science Fiction and Fantasy: Books, Writing, and Other Things I Love. So, you’re a first-time novelist with a completed first draft of your book. Congratulations! But even as you celebrate I bet that way back in the back of your mind, you’re already stressing over what to do next. Some pruning and polishing? Sure But … what else? But the main source of the stress is probably something more basic: how do you know. What your book needs? In short, the workshop is like a one-sessio...
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May | 2015 | Paula S Jordan's Wordshop
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Paula S Jordan's Wordshop. Science Fiction and Fantasy: Books, Writing, and Other Things I Love. Monthly Archives: May 2015. Posting This Week On SFSignal! May 21, 2015. By Paula S. Jordan. I’ve been invited to post monthly on SFSignal, John DeNardo’s beautifully-produced and widely-read science fiction magazine. My first post there is On The Characters Who Seize the Reins, up this week at http:/ ow.ly/N7aJy. I’m calling the column A Writer’s View. Come see what trouble I’m getting into now! The electron...
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October | 2014 | Paula S Jordan's Wordshop
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Paula S Jordan's Wordshop. Science Fiction and Fantasy: Books, Writing, and Other Things I Love. Monthly Archives: October 2014. The Power of Words. October 27, 2014. By Paula S. Jordan. There’s a phrase we used to hear a lot in bookish genre circles. Stories were praised for it. Writers strove to create and maintain it. “A Sense of Wonder.” Remember? Albert Einstein, who saw a few wonders in his time., described it this way:. There is wonder too in words. Put two of them together and magic happens, ...
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Upcoming Events | Paula S Jordan's Wordshop
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Paula S Jordan's Wordshop. Science Fiction and Fantasy: Books, Writing, and Other Things I Love. RavenCon, Apr 29 – May 1, 2016 RavenCon 2016. Balticon 50, May 27 – 30, 2016 Balticon 2016. ConCarolinas, June 3-5, 2016 ConCarolinas 2016. LibertyCon 29, July 8-10, 2016 LibertyCon 2016. ConGregate 3, Jul 15-17, 2016 ConGregate 2016. High Point, NC. WorldCon/MidAmericon, Aug 17-21, 2016 WorldCon/MidAmericon. Kansas City, MO. World Fantasy Con, Oct, 26-31 World Fantasy Con 2016. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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