Cedar Writes

Category: writing

  • Use Your Words

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    I’m talking about Linguistics over at Mad Genius Club this morning…  I started reading a book not that long ago, and two things sort of reached out and grabbed me while I was reading. One was a failure in foreshadowing, and once I got over my initial WTH? reaction, I was ok with it. The other……

  • Hugo Aftermath

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    I was saddened at the results of the Hugo awards last night, but not surprised. The efforts to put story first did indeed prove just what they were intended to: the clique of voters that prefers message to storytelling also doesn’t care about quality, or even if the story is actually SFF. So… we carry…

  • walking in the woods

    walking in the woods

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    Free story!  Little Red and the Wolf-Man is available free on Amazon!  I am going to let you all enjoy the story, while I take my family out for a hike in the woods of Vermont today. I will be returning to a regular schedule on Thursday, so hang on, I know the blog isn’t…

  • Playtime

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    We’ve had a lot of fun, climbed a hill and a firetower, watched the big girls play water balloon capture the flag, went shopping… There’s a silly interview over at Mad Genius Club this morning, where I ask my kids about their reading. Today I think we have planned berry picking and canoeing. Tomorrow may…

  • A Review of Me

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    Stephanie Souders did a very nice review on Stargazer, the short story I’d written years ago. I really enjoy seeing her regular reviews, she has a fresh take on books, and one I find aligns with my own often enough. The fact that she always gives me an honest review of my books is wonderful,…

  • Vacation

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    After two days of non-stop rain and clouds, the sun has come out…   We’re going to go find some little adventures, like bugs to take pictures of, and my son has requested a stop at his favorite antique shop. You know, the things we adults overlook when we have things like the zombie apocalypse…

  • Travel: Then and Now

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    As I’m driving along a nice, smooth, fast interstate, I know I will be thinking about what travel was like not that very long ago. Less than 200 years ago, it would have been near impossible for me to make this journey. And had I insisted (because the then-me would likely have been as stubborn…

  • Barely Legitimate

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    Commentary on a certain author’s claims about Amazon damaging his sales… “Lets look at this for a minute – Amazon, a retailer, is discouraging sales. Being of some small journalistic training, I went to Amazon, and found Douglas Preston. Wait, if Amazon is discouraging sales, wouldn’t they not have any material for him on their…

  • Appeal to Readers

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    Amazon and Hachette have been embroiled in battle over book pricing for some time now. I’ve blogged about it here before. Both companies are huge conglomerates, but only one seems to actually care about you, the readers. Only one is actually attempting to make sure that authors are paid fairly and promptly for their work. …

  • Ethics in the Modern World

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    I was a little disconcerted Friday morning to walk into my classroom carrying my take-home exam in my hand, as prepared as I could be to take the ACS final that morning, and find the room abuzz with activity. Most, but not all, of the other students were huddled up comparing notes, not on the…

  • Daily Blather

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    And Then he Popped Him One by Sarah A Hoyt It’s not, you know, that people are less prone to fighting and disagreement. It’s not that people hold fewer grudges. You see them on internet forums pouring out the crazed venom of people who tell themselves they’re too civilized to hit a fellow human. It’s…

  • A Distant Shore

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    Pardon me if I seem a bit distant… see, it’s Finals Week. Only it’s for one class. So today I have about three hours of written and practical lab exam, and tomorrow I take the ACS exam to wrap this class up. Finally. Then I go buy my OChem book, joy, rapture. Oops… I think…