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A few years ago, browsing in a used bookstore in a town where I don't live (which, by the way, is a great strategy for finding titles...
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- Dec 11, 2018
- 5 min
Devolution/Evolution: What's Up With U.S. English, Anyway?
One thing that makes the human species so unique is the complexity of our communication. We like to think of language as a fixed,...
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fiction4
- Nov 15, 2018
- 2 min
Post-Halloween Post
[A note of apology: Ideally this should have been a Halloween-themed post, but the spirit didn't move me until this week.] As the waning...
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fiction4
- Sep 26, 2018
- 5 min
The Enlightened Generation: A Thought Experiment for International Day of Peace
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. People must learn to hate, and...
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- Sep 20, 2018
- 5 min
Don't Fear the Editor
It's not always easy to market your editing skills. As someone who's been doing this for a few years now, I see two main reasons: 1)...
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fiction4
- Sep 20, 2018
- 2 min
Here Stands the Village Wordsmith
Welcome to The Village Wordsmith blog. I never really thought of myself as a wordsmith until my team members at the George Lucas...
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fiction4
- Sep 20, 2018
- 6 min
EliteBrains Interview
INTRO: OUR MAN IN KIEV In December 2009, I heard from Dmitry Duda, an entrepreneur in Ukraine who'd seen one of my ads on craigslist. He...
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fiction4
- Sep 20, 2018
- 4 min
Know Your Limits
INTRO: MARY-MARGARET NETWORK BLOG POST #7 To the best of my knowledge, this seventh post in my series was never published. And the ride...
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fiction4
- Sep 20, 2018
- 3 min
Interactive Writing: My Finest Hours
INTRO: MARY-MARGARET NETWORK BLOG POST #6 This sixth post in my series was published 3/18/10. See the intro to post #1 for the what and...
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fiction4
- Sep 20, 2018
- 3 min
Learning the Hard Way
INTRO: MARY-MARGARET NETWORK BLOG POST #5 This fifth post in my series was published 12/17/09. See the intro to post #1 for the what and...
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fiction4
- Sep 20, 2018
- 3 min
The Audition
INTRO: MARY-MARGARET NETWORK BLOG POST #4 This fourth post in my series was published 10/7/09. See the intro to post #1 for the what and...
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fiction4
- Sep 20, 2018
- 3 min
Freelance = Perpetual Job Search & Training
INTRO: MARY-MARGARET NETWORK BLOG POST #3 This third post in my series was published 9/4/09. See the intro to post #1 for the what and...
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fiction4
- Sep 19, 2018
- 2 min
Rubber Meets Road: The Gaming-to-Dotcom Shift
INTRO: MARY-MARGARET NETWORK BLOG POST #2 This second post in my series was published 6/30/09. See the intro to post #1 for the what and...
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- Sep 19, 2018
- 3 min
Interactive Fiction & Me
INTRO: BLOGGING FOR MARY-MARGARET NETWORK In March 2009, when I was a struggling writer intent on breaking into the gaming industry,...
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