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The curse of practicality

Surviving the Hugos

Quiet conflict

Writing through the fog

In praise of original creation

Forest thoughts

The value of writer gatherings

Writer connections

The importance of writing tribes

The suspension of disbelief

Diversity, revisited

Beware of the feedback

The alien mindset

Think like a tourist

Write what you know - ish

Practical logistics

credible motivation

You’re too calm

In praise of bland rejections

Don’t believe a word of it

Not so soggy middle

Filling the well

No emotional attachment

The danger of oversharing

Believing in the story

Just chucking it out there

Show, don’t tell?

Fundamental particles and inspiration

Finding the grain of our talent

Outgrowing the critics

Criticism versus feedback

Adapting the plan

The Joy of Journalling

Keeping it inside

Tying the threads together

Science and storytelling