Addicted to SF and Fantasy - Page 3

Nancy Fulda · 08-14-2011, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Does their work have to be at CERN? I heard a fascinating little radio program about a research place called the Diamond Light Source, a UK-based synchrotron which generates high intensity light beams (up to X-Rays) for research projects. A small independent team could certainly do work there.

http://www.diamond.ac.uk/

Obviously, we're talking much lower energies, but...

That's a very good idea. Using the LHC would be cool, but not if I can't make the setup plausible. Hey, maybe I could just invent a nonexistent synchroton somewhere. That way, no one would be able to call me out on details I got wrong...

Nancy Fulda · 08-14-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

Ugh. I have a really hard time writing stories under 4000. I've only managed it a few times and then only sold...two?

Yeah, I have a harder time writing short, too. It's really difficult to make the reader care at that length; there's no room for world-building and precious little space for characterization.

On the other hand, I've seen authors do amazing stuff with 500 words, so it is possible. For some people, at least.

BearMountainBooks · 08-14-2011, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Nancy Fulda

Yeah, I have a harder time writing short, too. It's really difficult to make the reader care at that length; there's no room for world-building and precious little space for characterization.

On the other hand, I've seen authors do amazing stuff with 500 words, so it is possible. For some people, at least.

Very true. But I have to admit that as a reader, I'm also drawn to the longer lengths. I *like* being lost in a different world. That's part of why I read!

Nancy Fulda · 08-14-2011, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

Very true. But I have to admit that as a reader, I'm also drawn to the longer lengths. I *like* being lost in a different world. That's part of why I read!

I suspect it's why a lot of people read, which is why novels sell so much better than anthologies.

The longer length is more suited to your writing style, anyway. You do a great job with action sequences and the mechanics of magic-working, and it's hard to set those up without a few thousand words of lead-in.

BearMountainBooks · 08-14-2011, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Nancy Fulda

I suspect it's why a lot of people read, which is why novels sell so much better than anthologies.

The longer length is more suited to your writing style, anyway. You do a great job with action sequences and the mechanics of magic-working, and it's hard to set those up without a few thousand words of lead-in.

Thanks. Although, as you know there's always room for improvement...

beachwanderer · 08-17-2011, 05:31 AM

@Nancy Fulda

A quite belated "Hi" and "Welcome to MobileRead" from me too!

All the best from the shore of the Baltic Sea.

beachwanderer

Nancy Fulda · 08-17-2011, 06:51 AM

Thanks, Beachwanderer!

Looks like you're located not too far from me. Believe it or not, I've stood on that beach in your Warnemünde photo album. January of 2000, I think. It was gorgeous.

Harry_Y · 08-17-2011, 12:12 PM

I have always been a fan of Sci-Fi

Lets you take a journey to a far away time and place

Nancy Fulda · 08-26-2011, 04:49 AM

Random coolness: I learned yesterday that my short story "Movement" was used in a Global Literature class at the University of Arlington. I am officially 'literature'.

pdurrant · 08-26-2011, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Nancy Fulda

Random coolness: I learned yesterday that my short story "Movement" was used in a Global Literature class at the University of Arlington. I am officially 'literature'.

... and no-one will ever read your works for pleasure again!

Nancy Fulda · 08-26-2011, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

... and no-one will ever read your works for pleasure again!

*laughing*

I wonder whether the teacher would be shocked if someone told her that story is technically science fiction?

BearMountainBooks · 08-26-2011, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

... and no-one will ever read your works for pleasure again!

This is going to ruin her rep. No street cred anymore.

Nancy Fulda · 10-23-2011, 01:02 PM

I'm beginning to suspect that some cosmic force is conspiring to keep me from finishing A New Kind of Sunrise. I had the second half of October blocked off for novel writing, dang it! As soon as I got back from my trip to Frankfurt, I was going to dig straight into the beautiful process of story creation.

But no. Somehow two social events and a child's birthday party have slipped onto the schedule. Also a book edit, several web site updates, and a massive re-organization of the house.

Clearly, the virtual gargoyles I attached to my calendar are not earning their keep.

Nancy Fulda · 11-12-2011, 01:08 PM

It sounds like Movement may get picked up as course material for another class. I am pleased.

In other news, progress on A New Kind of Sunrise continues to proceed apace. Although it is sooooo tempting to derail the entire plot and send Mikaena off on an excursion across the dark side of the planet...

BearMountainBooks · 11-12-2011, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Nancy Fulda

It sounds like Movement may get picked up as course material for another class. I am pleased.

In other news, progress on A New Kind of Sunrise continues to proceed apace. Although it is sooooo tempting to derail the entire plot and send Mikaena off on an excursion across the dark side of the planet...

I read you blog on that story. Very interesting. Your mind is a powerful and mysterious thing.

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beachwanderer - Posts: 2,602 Karma: 16748808 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: At the Baltic Sea Device: Some	@Nancy Fulda A quite belated "Hi" and "Welcome to MobileRead" from me too! All the best from the shore of the Baltic Sea. beachwanderer

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Nancy Fulda I write stories. Posts: 700 Karma: 16437432 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Northern Germany Device: kindle	Thanks, Beachwanderer! Looks like you're located not too far from me. Believe it or not, I've stood on that beach in your Warnemünde photo album. January of 2000, I think. It was gorgeous.

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Harry_Y Addict Posts: 305 Karma: 704492 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NY Device: Kindle 3, Kindle DX, Galaxy Tab 2	I have always been a fan of Sci-Fi Lets you take a journey to a far away time and place

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Nancy Fulda I write stories. Posts: 700 Karma: 16437432 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Northern Germany Device: kindle	Random coolness: I learned yesterday that my short story "Movement" was used in a Global Literature class at the University of Arlington. I am officially 'literature'.

10-23-2011, 01:02 PM	#43
Nancy Fulda I write stories. Posts: 700 Karma: 16437432 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Northern Germany Device: kindle	I'm beginning to suspect that some cosmic force is conspiring to keep me from finishing A New Kind of Sunrise. I had the second half of October blocked off for novel writing, dang it! As soon as I got back from my trip to Frankfurt, I was going to dig straight into the beautiful process of story creation. But no. Somehow two social events and a child's birthday party have slipped onto the schedule. Also a book edit, several web site updates, and a massive re-organization of the house. Clearly, the virtual gargoyles I attached to my calendar are not earning their keep.

11-12-2011, 01:08 PM	#44
Nancy Fulda I write stories. Posts: 700 Karma: 16437432 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Northern Germany Device: kindle	It sounds like Movement may get picked up as course material for another class. I am pleased. In other news, progress on A New Kind of Sunrise continues to proceed apace. Although it is sooooo tempting to derail the entire plot and send Mikaena off on an excursion across the dark side of the planet...