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FOR WRITERS

Ideas and Other Obligations

Up to my ears in overhauling the Webmansion, yet those pesky story ideas keep intruding on relearning the composing program, capturing icons, getting postings straight, reformatting countless pages, etc., etc. I caught myself putting one such idea aside, assuring myself that I would remember it later when I had completed the mind-numbing website repair upon which I was working. It is, as countless writing students of mine would happily throw in my face: gone, gone, gone.

The Muse offers her gifts but once without charge. Take a few seconds to write down the idea, thereby adding to your story treasury. It's better than grinding your teeth trying to remember that "absolutely terrific gimmick" that has now drifted off into the aether alone, neglected, and unexploited.

What are your writing/reading gripes, pet peeves, and favorite fixes?
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Barry B. Longyear is the first writer to win the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer all in the same year. In addition to his acclaimed Enemy Mine Series, his works include the Circus World and Infinity Hold series, Sea of Glass, other SF & fantasy novels, recovery and writing instruction works, and numerous short stories.