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• Knowing What You are Pretending

  By Russ Linton on August 27, 2012 • ( 4 )

  Writing fiction is liberating. If you head off into the far corners of sci-fi and fantasy, anything is fair game. Want a mystery about post-mortem consciousness and communication? How about something that fuses pokemon with Roman legions? Or maybe you prefer… Read More ›

• What if I Travelled Forward in Time to Post this and it was actually the First Post in this Series?

  By Russ Linton on August 22, 2012 • ( 2 )

  Back to time travel and how not to wreck your story (or sound like an idiot – see the title above) if you decide to use it in your writing. So, if your name is H.G. Wells and you are writing about… Read More ›

• To My Legions of Fans

  By Russ Linton on August 11, 2012 • ( 2 )

  We’ll get back to the regular programming in about a week or so. Sorry for the hiatus but I’m on a “writing retreat” of sorts. If you’re new, hang in there. Next post about Time Travel stories that work will… Read More ›

• The Paradox of Writing about Paradoxes

  By Russ Linton on August 9, 2012 • ( 2 )

  For those of you who know me, it is no secret that I hate Time Travel as a plot device. I think it was possibly Star Trek (something I don’t generally hate) that drove me to that particular cliff and… Read More ›

• Table Top Plots

  By Russ Linton on August 1, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Surf on over to You Tube and check out Wil Wheaton’s webcast called “Table Top”. He has an excellent episode about an RPG rules-light game called Fiasco. And yes, that’s a writer or two at his table (John Rogers, the screenwriter for… Read More ›

• Playing Games to Write

  By Russ Linton on July 29, 2012 • ( 1 )

  One of the many diversions in my life is role playing games. I’m not talking about computer games here either. I am mainly referring to pen and paper RPGs. Yeah, the ones where you sit around face to face with… Read More ›

• Conspiracies

  By Russ Linton on July 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  So I have become the focal point of a worldwide conspiracy. The tentacles of this cabal stretch far and wide, encircling the planet in a shroud of horror Cthulhu would be envious of. For three days now, I have not… Read More ›

• Mind the Gap

  By Russ Linton on July 25, 2012 • ( 5 )

  Welcome to my writing blog. Careful as you step in, that first step is a doozy. Last person that missed it was sucked into the frightening corners of my imagination. In fact, I nearly missed that step myself. At what… Read More ›