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Everything you need to know to catch the Curiosity rover landing

UPDATE:  No, no, no–NASA has a touch-down clock that says the Curiosity will land at 1:31 SDT, on August 6th; 11:31 MDT on August 5th; and 10:31 PDT August 5th.   And a big “Thank you” to my comet/asteroid chasing brother, … Continue reading

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Missing In Action

Did you see the movie Misery(Stephen King)?  It came out years ago.  You see, there’s this author (James Caan) who killed off his main character. He was taking his (hard-copy) manuscript to the post office, ran off the road, and … Continue reading

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Aging Fictional Protagonists: A Dilemma

Alexandra Alter interviewed authors of fiction for the WSJ July 1, 2011. Huge conundrum for mystery writers of aging protagonists: What happens when that energetic young detective (or whomever) after ten or twenty years of chasing desperadoes finds himself/herself now … Continue reading

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Vonnegut Plots Plotlines (via Jason B Colditz)

Unwind with some Vonnegut humor. Jason Colditz stalked the internal scheme of excellent story writing when he found the true physics behind our plots.   via Jason B Colditz

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