Angie Smibert's Blog, page 9
June 4, 2010
Spreading the Meme: Women in Science Fiction
Sandra McDonald started this meme on her blog (I think), and I picked it up from Mary Robinette Cowall's blog. Sandra and Diane Comet has put together a periodic table of women writers in science fiction:
My favorite part is the Connie Willis element. If you don't get it, read "And even the Queen."
Here's the meme part.
Bold the women by whom you own books
Italicize those by whom you've read something of (short stories count)
*Star those you don't recognize
Andre Norton
C. L...
My favorite part is the Connie Willis element. If you don't get it, read "And even the Queen."
Here's the meme part.
Bold the women by whom you own books
Italicize those by whom you've read something of (short stories count)
*Star those you don't recognize
Andre Norton
C. L...
June 2, 2010
Random Dystopian World Generator
Having trouble coming up with a setting for your next dystopian opus? Have no fear. The random world generator is here. This was originally intended for my League of Extraordinary Writers blog post. However, I couldn't get the Javascript to work on Blogger. Score another one for WordPress, land of the many plug-ins and widgets.
May 30, 2010
Anatomy of an Idea
MEMENTO NORA (the novel) started out as a short story I wrote for Odyssey Magazine. You can read "Memento Nora," the short story here. In nutshell, though, the story is about 14-year-old Nora James going to her first Therapeutic Forgetting Clinic (TFC) to have a memory erased.
Where did the idea come from? My "formula" for this germ of a story was:
OBSESSION. I've always been fascinated with memory. I'm not sure why, but it was one...
Where did the idea come from? My "formula" for this germ of a story was:
OBSESSION + CONSTRAINTS + RESEARCH + WHIM = THIS IDEA
OBSESSION. I've always been fascinated with memory. I'm not sure why, but it was one...
May 29, 2010
Catching Fire Winner
Amy T! I will contact you via email for your address.
May 25, 2010
How to make up stuff for a living
I do often get asked where I get my ideas. (And sometimes the tone implies a certain concern for the inner workings of my brain.) I love Neil Gaiman's take on the question. He's tried the flippant answers: Idea of the Month club. A corner shop. Pete Atkins. Now, he just tells people the truth:
What most people want to know, though, is how to do that. Every writer has a different way of coming up with ideas. Actually, the idea isn't the hard ...
'I make them up,' I tell them. 'Out of my head.'
What most people want to know, though, is how to do that. Every writer has a different way of coming up with ideas. Actually, the idea isn't the hard ...
