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Women’s Book March: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Posted on September 27, 2019 by

I’m challenging myself to read only novels by women and femme people for a full year, from March 2019 through March 2020. Read this post to get the full story! This time I read Binti by Nnedi Okorafor! I’d heard … Continue reading →

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Writing Convincing Aliens Part 3: Interstellar Relations

Posted on March 4, 2017 by

This series is intended to help writers brainstorm the elements that go into creating convincing aliens. It can also be applied to creating convincing nonhuman fantasy creatures, artificial intelligences, and so on. My science fiction novel, Absence of Blade, is … Continue reading →

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Writing Convincing Aliens Part 2: Culture and Society

Posted on February 25, 2017 by

This series is intended to help writers brainstorm the elements that go into creating convincing aliens*. It can also be applied to creating convincing nonhuman fantasy creatures, artificial intelligences, and so on. My science fiction novel, Absence of Blade, is … Continue reading →

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Writing Convincing Aliens Part 1: Biology and Ecology

Posted on February 11, 2017 by

This series is intended to help writers brainstorm the elements that go into creating convincing aliens*. It can also be applied to creating convincing nonhuman fantasy creatures, artificial intelligences, and so on. My science fiction novel, Absence of Blade, is … Continue reading →

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