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Ask an Author: When Your Characters Take You Somewhere You Didn’t Want to Go

Summertime is more of a season we associate with reading that with writing—but for our group of authors, we continue to write away, just as much—if not more!—than we read.  That’s why we have some great news to share: at New Zealand’s 37th annual national conference for science fiction and fantasy, author Lee Murray won… Read More Ask an Author: When Your Characters Take You Somewhere You Didn’t Want to Go

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Ask an Author: Double Feature! Pi Day, and Answering the “What do you do for a living” Question

I hope you had the time to celebrate Pi Day!  I know, I know, it’s just another way to get us to spend time, energy, and resources on something utterly unimportant.  But at the same time, it’s not that hard to add a pie to one’s day.  Then again, who really needs an excuse to… Read More Ask an Author: Double Feature! Pi Day, and Answering the “What do you do for a living” Question

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Ask an Author: Double Feature! Writing and Editing, and when Real Life is Stranger than Fiction

Fine, fine, fine. Yes, I did it again. This week, two questions were submitted to our group of authors, and both of them were inspired, yet again, by the recently completed round of new The X-Files episodes. But yet again, there is nothing paranormal about the answers to either question; one delves once more in… Read More Ask an Author: Double Feature! Writing and Editing, and when Real Life is Stranger than Fiction

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Ask an Author: When a Character Comes to Life and Takes Over

I must confess that the title of this feature sounds like an episode of The X-Files probably because of my obsession with the show and its recent revival. Regular Sahar’s Blog readers know that although the show has basically taken over my life in recent days, I’m still sticking to my regular posting schedule, including… Read More Ask an Author: When a Character Comes to Life and Takes Over