Cedar Writes

Category: writing

  • Be the Bojum! -Charlie Martin

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    Celebrate the history of women in fiction. Don’t let the past be obscured. We must not forget the contributions of those who came before us, and we must look to the future of fiction. Read books, and tell people about them. Look to Indie for the wave of the future: entertaining, well-written fiction.

  • State of the Art

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    I was thinking about art this morning. I have so many options. I’ve got my 7″ android tablet, which has nifty drawing apps, and a capacitive paintbrush I bought, although I still prefer my own fingertips on that. I have a pentablet, not an expensive one, but it still amazes me what I can do…

  • Guest Post by Declan Finn

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    Please welcome a young upstart author to my blog. We decided we’d swap, today. So here’s Declan Finn, talking about pacing. In return, you can find me talking about politics, fiction, and how much I hate combining them at Declan’s blog, A Pius Man. You can find his Amazon author page here, with a handy…

  • How you can aid the valiant SAD PUPPIES 3 campaign!

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    Looking for fun science fiction and fantasy that is enjoyable to read? Add your vote to the Hugos, and let’s make the award great and meaningful again!

  • Writing with Emotion

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    A snippet of fiction – literally, it was only a couple of hundred words long – passed before my eyes in the last few days, and the discussion over it and what was wrong with it led to this post. I’ve altered it, somewhat, but left the problems intact for the purposes of discussing the…

  • The Right to Speak Freely

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    Never, it seems, has the freedom to speak been under more attack than in these days following the tragic murders of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists. “President Francois Hollande said there was no doubt it had been a terrorist attack “of exceptional barbarity”.  Twelve people slaughtered in the name of terrorism, and their blood was not…

  • On Writing

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    In which the writer contemplates procrastination, deadlines, and boredom. I knew when the last semester ended that I needed to have this novel written in the next month. That was Dec. 9, and I would be back in full-time classes by Jan 26th. I also was taking a ten-day trip from the middle of the…

  • Mad Geniuses: The Musical

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    Saunter swing, and sway to the music over at my Mad post today…

  • Ergonomics

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    This post is late because I hate my desk. Well, not really. It’s all my fault. I bought a new desk and chair at the beginning of the semester this last fall.  With a day before classes, I assembled them (got them at Ikea, which I love. The First Reader hates going there, makes him…

  • “Microaggressions”, “Trigger Warnings”, and the New Meaning of “Trauma”

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    Very good piece on the mystifying phenomenon of ‘microaggression.’ I agree with this guy. Trauma is not micro. If you’re upset by minor things that’s sad. But to blow them up into ‘trauma’ is to demean not only the denotation of the word, but the suffering of those who actually know what trauma feels like.…

  • Family

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    I had a wonderful Christmas. We spent most of the day in the car. Mom, Grandma, and my sister, driving all over the corner of Eastern Oregon we were in, while I popped out of the car every few minutes to shoot photos of stunning landscapes. I did take a few pictures of the family,…

  • Ebook Cover Typography

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    I have now written at length about designing a book cover. You should be able to mine some useful information, and see the new cover for Vulcan’s Kittens.