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A Serious Question for My Blog Readers
It’s a simple question. I’m looking for an angle on my blogging, and it’s often been suggested that I find problems and solve them. So I ask those of you who already read me: What are the problems you’re struggling with, whether it be with writing, or web design, or ...
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Enter the Octopus — “The Last Warlock: A Brief History of Clark Ashton Smith and The Golden Age of Weird Fiction” By Adam Ganderson (Via Grognardia) Norton to publish posthumous volume of Ballard’s short fiction NPR: J.G. Ballard and the psychology of the future Neil Gaiman: “J.G. Ballard and The Way the Future Was” ...

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Mike Brotherton: SF Writer — ... My buddy, writer, photographer, editor, and webmaster Jeremy Tolbert wants to solve your problems.  And he’s giving away a book (Federations edited by John Joseph Adams) to spur suggestions.  And even if you don’t have any problems for Jeremy to solve, you should check out his fine story, now posted online: ...

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