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50 years ago, the first episode of Star Trek aired! Happy 50th Anniversary to my all-time favorite franchise! Syfy is airing a marathon of Star Trek movies. And BBC America is airing a marathon of the TOS and TNG episodes. How are you celebrating?!
Batgirl Vol. 3: Mindfields Synopsis: She rides a cool motorcycle, swings a mean right hook, and has backup from the best crime-fighters in the biz, but Batgirl’s greatest weapon has always been her mind. As the brilliant Barbara Gordon, she’s on the verge of a tech breakthrough that could transform her beloved Burnside neighborhood, and … Read more
SOME THOUGHTS ON WORLD BUILDING by Alex Bledsoe World-building is a cornerstone (heh; building pun) of fantasy. Starting with the assumption that something unreal exists—vampires, dragons, elves, whatever—we then expand into the ways it influences the world in which the story happens. I’ve done it in three different ways. The most obvious way, in my … Read more