July 15, 2011

This month on the SFWA Blog, author Terry Bisson offers 60 Rules for Short SF and Fantasy. I found Rule #3 particularly interesting: “The SF reader is a gamer who brings problem-solving intelligence to the story.  This is the SF writer’s one great advantage. Use it.” While I don’t write science fiction, this got me thinking about…

July 13, 2011

It’s a reference to the art of bookmaking during the Middle Ages. Back then, manuscripts were made from prepared calfskin called vellum or sheepskin called parchment, and making either was an arduous task.  First, the skins had to be soaked for days in limewater before they were stretched on a frame and then scraped free of…

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