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Welcome to the web home of genre writer Bill Ward! If you’re a fan of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror — whether reading it, watching it, or writing it — then you’ve come to the right place. Go ahead and subscribe to my RSS feed so you don’t miss a thing. Go on and click [...]
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This week I’ve had the honor of guest posting over at John Ottinger’s science fiction and fantasy review blog, Grasping For the Wind. My posts appeared Monday, Tuesday, and today, and take the form of a three-part article entitled ‘Ramp Up Your Reading.’ Those of you who have read my posts at Black Gate will [...]
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What’s with people that only read one kind of thing? Ever roll your eyes when you get to talking about reading with one of them and they tell you how many times they’ve reread Harry Potter or Jane Austen, but they’ve never tried a mystery, or a historical adventure, or something by a non-English-speaking writer? [...]
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The first thing I have for you today is my story Davy’s Toy Box, which is Every Day Fiction’s story of the day. You should read it, for not only is it enjoyable in story-terms, but I have it on good authority that reading Davy’s Toy Box is good for your overall cardio-vascular health. So, [...]
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I haven’t blogged much this week, or written much, or done much of anything truly productive. But I did read. Over at the Blog Gate (as James Enge calls it) this week I wrote about just that very subject — how to read more books. Last week you’ll no doubt recall the superhero who read [...]
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I have a theory about envy — it isn’t so much the people with the things we don’t have that we envy, but those with more of what we ourselves possess. For example, I’ve never once felt a spot of envy for neurologists, movie stars, professional athletes, or fighter pilots — all individuals of either [...]
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