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		<title>Negative Onlies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are certain words and phrases that have accumulated in cultural parlance for which the positive use is vestigial, but the negatory enjoys widespread use.
For example, whenever somebody retains their faculties through a surprising, or violent occurrence they are referred to as &#8220;unfazed.&#8221;  But rarely do you hear somebody relate:  &#8220;I was completely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonathanerock.wordpress.com&blog=5757086&post=120&subd=jonathanerock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Story Published @Outshine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathanerock</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[@Outshine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a humorous, near future, optimistic story up at the twitter magazine @Outshine.  For those of you linking to this blog from there, welcome!  Take a look around, you can find some posts about writing, science fiction, and some advice from the pros on worldbuilding for the short story length.
For those of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonathanerock.wordpress.com&blog=5757086&post=114&subd=jonathanerock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some HP Lovecraft influences</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathanerock</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Gerrold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eternal Darkness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gene Wolfe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I read some HP Lovecraft on vacation.  The Shadow over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror.  I couldn&#8217;t help but reflect on just how many people this writer has influenced.  Some of the stories were so overwritten as to be almost unreadable. Imprisoned With the Pharoahs struck me as particularly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonathanerock.wordpress.com&blog=5757086&post=91&subd=jonathanerock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Messing with the method</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathanerock</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[how do you write]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing methods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you need a particular setup to write?  Locked door, absolute silence, Chai by the keyboard?  Study redolent of pipesmoke with leatherbounds crammed on shelves and a deep buttoned chair in front of a massive desk?
I needed the locked door and the keyboard anyway.  If I played music it had to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonathanerock.wordpress.com&blog=5757086&post=84&subd=jonathanerock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Throw some Jerks in your Fiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathanerock</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Firefly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Han Solo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When your characters are trying to succeed/survive, mixing in a selfish person makes the audience wonder how it will shake out.  Worry of betrayal keeps things on edge even in scenes when the monster is not chasing.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonathanerock.wordpress.com&blog=5757086&post=76&subd=jonathanerock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Create a believable culture for your story.</title>
		<link>http://jonathanerock.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/create-a-believable-culture-for-your-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathanerock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babylonian Life and History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E. A. Wallis Budge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gene Wolfe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shadow of the Torturer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much research/worldbuilding should I do for a speculative fiction story? The question rose to my mind the first time I read Gene Wolfe&#8217;s brilliant The Shadow of the Torturer. The cultures he built for that novel are astounding.  I found some of the smallest details made it seem concrete to me.  We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonathanerock.wordpress.com&blog=5757086&post=70&subd=jonathanerock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Writing Be Taught?</title>
		<link>http://jonathanerock.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/can-writing-be-taught/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathanerock</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jonathanerock.wordpress.com/?p=66</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent blog post at I Should Be Writing caught my attention.  Can writing be taught?  Is it something you can learn in a class or workshop?  Or is it a you-have-it-or-you-don&#8217;t kind of thing?  Before you answer read this article from The New Yorker.  
Personally, I say no, workshops [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonathanerock.wordpress.com&blog=5757086&post=66&subd=jonathanerock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World-building for Short Stories!</title>
		<link>http://jonathanerock.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/world-building-for-short-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathanerock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cat Rambo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim C Hines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrie Haskell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobias S Buckell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get world-building advice for short stories from Cat Rambo, Jim C Hines, Merrie Haskell and Tobias S Buckell<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonathanerock.wordpress.com&blog=5757086&post=41&subd=jonathanerock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tobias Buckell in your ear</title>
		<link>http://jonathanerock.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/sf-pros-in-my-car-tobias-buckell-in-my-ear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathanerock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am learning a lot about writing from podcasts, but one voice consistently helps me think about my progress and learning: Tobias Buckell.  His recent interview on Dead Robots&#8217; Society Episode 58 is jam-packed with goodness.  It is really too bad the way the episode begins.  I skipped it three times before [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonathanerock.wordpress.com&blog=5757086&post=8&subd=jonathanerock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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