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• FenCon Update

  By Russ Linton on September 21, 2012 • ( 3 )

  Back from my first day at FenCon. Yeah, had to end things early due to other obligations, and honestly, there wasn’t a whole lot of great programming today. My main reason for being there is the Writer’s Workshop lectures with… Read More ›

• Wrestling the Muse

  By Russ Linton on September 18, 2012 • ( 1 )

  You hit me once, I hit you back I gave a kick, you gave a slap You smashed a plate over my head Then I set fire to our bed Florence+The Machine – Kiss with a Fist I’m not in… Read More ›

• Remember

  By Russ Linton on September 11, 2012 • ( 1 )

  It’s hard to believe it’s been eleven years. Checking my Twitter feed, one of my fellow North Branch Crit Group writers posted the following: Kelsey Macke‏@KelsNotChels 11 years ago the towers fell, as did our jaws… and our tears. My song was my gift…. Read More ›

• Writers be Brave!

  By Russ Linton on September 4, 2012 • ( 2 )

  I’m currently working on the beginning of my novel – going back over the first draft (only maybe half way through the whole thing ATM) to maybe polish it a tad before I submit to the FenCon Writer’s Workshop. I’m stoked… Read More ›

• Precarious Perch now Available!

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

  My first published story – it’s a Weird West tale about a Marshal that gets a bit more than he has bargained for when a young boy is revealed to be a child of the Other. Available in text AND audio… Read More ›

• 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 ›