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Month: September 2018

Criticism

Posted on 2018-09-30 by RB

One skill all writers need to have is the ability to accept constructive criticism with a smile on their face. It wasn’t easy for me when I first began showing people my stories and poems. Of course, I was still in high school then and I’m fairly certain teenage angst was partly to blame for…

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Inappropriate Fiction

Posted on 2018-09-23 by RB

I read a post at Tor.com recently that got me thinking. The post in question – Problematic Classics – discusses how some classic books don’t age well, especially when it comes to racism and bigotry. The author writes about the conflict felt when rereading something from childhood and discovering that it’s not quite what you…

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Neil Peart

Posted on 2018-09-05 by RB

One of my early inspirations for writing was Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist for the band, Rush. I discovered his words when I was a teenager, probably no more than 13 or 14 years old. A guy that sat next to me in one of my classes let me borrow a cassette tape of…

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