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Gil Schmidt
Feb 283 min read
Why Everyone Should Read Science Fiction
Bold title. “Everyone”? Yes, everyone. You’ll see why soon, depending on your reading speed and my ability to keep your interest. The...
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Gil Schmidt
Feb 213 min read
Essay: EUDORA, ELVIS AND FAULKNER
My first blog was titled "GCSPrank Is Here" and it relates to my college years and beyond in Mississippi and other places. After the...
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Gil Schmidt
Feb 217 min read
Short Story: THE THIRD MIND
Wrote this one for an SFNovelists Short Story Contest in 1998. The theme was "What will life be like 50 years from now?" I thought of the...
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Gil Schmidt
Feb 213 min read
Flash Fiction: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
[I often start stories seeing just a single image or thinking of one sentence. This one on came about after reading the description of a...
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Gil Schmidt
Feb 213 min read
The Harnessing of Energy in Writing
Like a ton of writers, which could be from 6-20 if one wants to be pedantic about it and it seems I chose to be, I struggle with sitting...
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Gil Schmidt
Feb 143 min read
Reading as a Writer
If you are a writer, or want to be, you must have a steady reading habit. Don’t take my word for it: Stephen King says the same thing...
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Gil Schmidt
Feb 72 min read
A Writer’s Inner Dialogue
That is the third cliché this page. Are you really a writer? “Shut up.” You call that characterization? You’re making that guy as flat as...
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Gil Schmidt
Jan 313 min read
Hidden Gem: The Chung Kuo Series
I picked it up because the paperback had a bright red cover with a dragon on it. It was right next to A Game of Thrones in that...
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Gil Schmidt
Jan 243 min read
Five Science Fiction Books Worth Reading Twice
I can hear one of you saying: “But there are more than five science fiction books worth reading twice!” I understand that, Reader Who...
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Gil Schmidt
Jan 172 min read
When the Words Stop
Golfers avoid saying “shank”. During a no-hitter, the team whose pitcher is flirting with history refuses to acknowledge what is...
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Gil Schmidt
Jan 33 min read
How to Effectively Take Criticism...
How to Effectively Take Criticism About Your Writing Without Turning Around and Making the Idiot Who Dared Savage Your Precious Prose the...
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Gil Schmidt
Dec 27, 20233 min read
Improved World-building
You have had this experience: the novel you are reading throws a ton of invented names at you like a blizzard, makes up words for common...
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Gil Schmidt
Dec 20, 20232 min read
Idea Sources: Not A Secret
If you’ve been known as a writer among more than two persons for at least 19 minutes, you have been asked: “Where do you get your ideas?”...
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Gil Schmidt
Dec 13, 20233 min read
Why You Should Write Flash Fiction
I am assuming you are a writer, or want to be. If you have yet to launch yourself into the darkness called writing, and have been putting...
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Gil Schmidt
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Blending Genres? First Master Both
Jason is a bright young man who can draw brilliantly. He has an intuitive grasp of perspective and framing that lends itself well to...
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Gil Schmidt
Nov 26, 20232 min read
Sisyphus and Creativity
Ponder Sisyphus. Doomed to push a massive boulder up a steep hill, only to have it roll down again. Every time. Every. Time. What’s that...
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Gil Schmidt
Nov 26, 20233 min read
People and Writing
I know people who think that being a writer is easy. They are idiots. I say that because if they had ever tried to actually be a writer,...
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Gil Schmidt
Nov 26, 20233 min read
The Sports of Writing
The best sports writing, in terms of depth and lyricism, focuses on baseball and golf. Neither sport is known for its non-stop action,...
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Gil Schmidt
Nov 26, 20232 min read
Why Writing Sucks…But We Do It Anyway
Because if we don’t write, we don’t feel complete. Because writing gives us satisfaction like nothing else does. Because writing is a...
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Gil Schmidt
Nov 26, 20232 min read
Romper barreras comienza con romper conceptos
No podemos eliminar las cárceles. Madres adolescentes son demasiado jóvenes para cuidar bien a sus bebés. Los drogadictos son ejemplos...
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