More Pots to Tinker in...

1. Poetry
2. The Writing Arena
3. Writer's Block
4. Writing Fiction
5. Critiquing
6. Writing Books
7. Writing Market
8. Uncategorized so far
9. The Fuller Brush Salesman's Repertoire
10. The Fuller Brush Salesman's Repertoire, Part 2
11. The Fuller Brush Salesman's Repertoire, Part 3

1. TECH: One way to sing the tribal lay
me talking about how I do poetry...
2. TECH: What's Poetry?
3. Re: TECH: Poetry and Lyrics (Battling Badjokes!)
mumble, mumble...
4. TECH: Skinning Delectable Momkat Scanning?
some words on rhythm

1. TECH: WD comments on FNASR
does electronic publication hurt FNASR?
2. TECH: Markets and Competing
a pep talk on "competing" in the writing arena
3. TECH: Hah!
Thom Jones meets the markets...
4. TECH: Sharewrite - A dream?
5. Re: TECH: Sharewrite - A dream?
6. TECH: electronic publishing
7. TECH: Self Publish CDROMs?
8. TECH: Another epublishing scheme
electronic self-publishing...some daydreaming
9. TECH: Writing Belongs to...
10. TECH: Does the Reader know the Writer? (was: anne frank)
11. TECH: Meditating on Writers and their Context
writers and readers
12. TECH: Why Write? A Quote
13. TECH: Serious Work? A Quote
quoth the writer...
14. TECH: A Writer's Guide to Watching the Tube
Tellie for the writer?

1. TECH: Writer's Block Book
An excellent book!
2. TECH: writers block
3. TECH: Lost Creativity
me yapping...
4. TECH: Leading Yourself to Write
5. TECH: Motivation...
6. TECH: More Motivation...
yappity-yap...
7. Re: Blocked!

1. TECH: a pre-writing checklist
2. TECH: Macro-Level Plotting
3. TECH: Scene and Structure Book Summary
4. TECH: Plotting Problems?
some notes on plotting
5. TECH: To End or Not (was other names)
delving into the "write-your-own" ending fuss
6. TECH: Writing Well
7. TECH: Writing Well
Seven points of writing well
8. TECH: The Third Bar Rule
one way of reducing the impact of coincidence
9. TECH: Well-Worn SF Ideas
10. TECH: favorite sf bloopers
You may want to avoid these
11. TECH: What's a stereotype?
12. TECH: Stereotypes Again? (was lots of things about Gen-X)
some thoughts on stereotypes
13. TECH: tit for tat
an exercise about pictures
14. TECH: Bradbury's Approach to Writing (was: Re: EXERCISE: Weather
why practice?
15. TECH: On Critiquing - Twice-Told Tales Again Again? (Michael O...)
reusing stories
16. TECH: ART ART ART. lets talk about ART
17. TECH: A possible definition of art and technique
18. TECH: Another Slice at Art
what does art have to do with it?
19. TECH: re: CAPS' POV question
Writing what you know and POV
20. Re: TECH: Fictions Future (Janes query)
a short epigram about concise writing
21. TECH: Filler Short Attention Span
writing with a short attention span
22. TECH: A Worksheet for "developing" a character
23. TECH: Characterization Problems?
24. TECH: Did someone ask about old?
Does s/he or doesn't s/he?
25. TECH: Cardboard Baddies
avoid stereotyped villians
26. TECH: Plotting Quote
plots, plots, and more plots
27. TECH: Story Types
Story structure
28. TECH: Twisty Endings (was CRIT: final destination)
puzzles, twists, and ending the story
29. TECH: Grinding Ideas (was: Tink! You out there?)
building personal metaphors
30. TECH: Six Principles to Write By?
a different list of important principles
31. TECH: Types of Labels
how we use categorizations
32. TECH: Anti-plots
The 36 Plots--in reverse
33. TECH: Psychological Depth in Stories (was: What is a story?)
people who need people...
34. TECH: Let's Try Basics 101 Again!
what are the "basic skills" of the writer?
35. TECH: A List of Dilemmas
seven cultural problem areas
36. TECH: Some Style Problems
style checklist
37. TECH: Help with writing mystery
some notions about writing mysteries
38. TECH: Yet Another Writing Structure (YAWS!)
39. TECH: Show a little life...
Show, don't tell...

1. TECH: How do you critique?
one method of critiquing
2. TECH: An Editing Trick
editing by reading aloud
3. TECH: How to write wel, critique god, and revise bettor
4. TECH: Some Guidelines For Critiquing
5. TECH: Critiques (esp. of poetry)
6. TECH: Help with Critiquing
7. TECH: The Earthquake Test
more notes on critiquing
8. TECH: Re: critiquing
a flame about critiquing
9. PROPOSAL: A Masterful Way With Critiques
one way of organizing critiquing...

1. Release That Writer's Muse - Book Reference
2. TECH: Writer's Block Book
An excellent book!
3. TECH: Scene and Structure Book Summary
4. TECH: The Write Stuff Catalog
a catalog
5. TECH: The 36 Dramatic Situations (Book Notes)
Georges Polti
6. TECH: Book Notes: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
7. TECH: Book Notes: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
the second one outlines it.
8. TECH: BOOK: How To Write A Romance And Get It Published
9. TECH: Future Building Article
10. TECH: BOOK: Steal This Plot
11. TECH: 20 Master Plots (Book Notes)
12. BOOK SUMMARY: Genderspeak (1)
13. Thirteen Ways to Stifle Intimate Conversation
14. Guidelines to Prevent Sexual Harassment Problems
15. The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense: An Overview
genderspeak and verbal self-defense book notes...

1. TOR Submission Guidelines
2. Del Rey Submission Guidelines
3. TECH: Some Marketing Sources
some ideas about where to find out about markets
4. TECH: Bunch of Market Addresses
a list of markets
5. TECH: Markets and such
some considerations on waiting for rejections
6. TECH: Contact For Trek Scripts
7. TECH: From Edupage - on-line submission list
8. TECH: My SF Marketing Lists...

1. TECH: Poetry or Prose
2. TECH: Are Fiction and Non-Fiction Different?
3. TECH: More Fiction than Fact
4. TECH: What's an SF?
5. TECH: Literary Fiction v. Popular Fiction
6. Re: TECH: Sci-fi? Or Phantasie?
wherein lie the difference(s)?
7. Re: TECH: participial phrase question
a bit of grammar, a bit of rewriting
8. TECH: SF Writers, Take Note. What does "spacing" do?
9. Re: TECH: SF Writers, Take Note. What does "spacing" do?
facts in science fiction?
10. TECH: Making the Most of Posting
odd thoughts about good email...
11. TECH: Law of Privacy
very out-of-date notes on privacy
12. To write, perchance to dream...
13. To write, perchance to dream...
neat quotes from John Gardner
14. In Praise of Having Opinions
why opinions are good
15. Why This Fury...?
16. QOTD: Chances of Selling
17. stems... (blue-collar flaming)
18. METACRIT: It's been done before
19. My Wish List
things I wish the list would do...
20. ESSAY: Battling Ideas Don't Grow
21. Unseen characters?
22. ESSAY: Nov. 12, 1993 a rambling tink
23. BACKGROUND: Zombies
24. PERSONAL STAND: Please Comment (was: Subject: SUB: Waiting)
25. WONDER: "Get A Life!"
26. QOTD: Giving help...
27. QOTD: The Play of Art
28. FILLER: Freelance work suggestions
29. ESSAY: It Takes Two to Tangle
30. BACKGROUND: Personality Types (MBTI)
31. SERMON: Income from 'writing' ???
32. ESSAY? Notes on Flame Bores...
33. FILLER: CONAN FORMATION (was: And now for something completely
34. ESSAY? Stone Cold Sober
35. ESSAY: The Anti's
36. PONDER: The Real World of Fiction
37. WOTD: A Slippery Word of the Day
38. WOTD: focus
39. Writer's Laws, Section XII, amendation 109...
40. WOTD: masturbate
41. WOTD: etalk? echat? try netting!
42. WOTD: CHAPBOOK
43. WOTD: Curmudgeon (was: Re: Poll)
44. WOTD: perserverence (sp?) (was:Re: Assistance)
45. FILLER: Cognitive Distortions
46. TECH: That old time free verse
47. CHALLENGE: META-RHETORICAL BASH: Your Dream List!
48. CHALLENGE: The Kaffuffle Creator

1. Re: TECH: Fictional Places
2. Re: TECH: Fictional Places
3. TECH: Constructs of Meaning
4. Re: TECH: E-zines
5. TECH: CK expanded (was: let's kick the doc...)
6. TECH: Watch Out for the Drama Triangle
7. Re: CRIT, TECH:GiW (Gone in Winter)
8. Re: TECH:copyright
9. TECH: Burke Bits (1)
10. TECH: The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler (Book Review)
11. TECH: Libel or Not, Here I Wrote!
12. TECH: Hard Question
13. Re: TECH: Class preparation, etc.
14. TECH: The Short Guide to Topic Tags
15. TECH: Getting Started on Your 200 Word Wonder
16. TECH: Using (and abusing) Email List Communications
17. TECH: Mainstream Genre?
18. TECH: C.J. Cherryh on Characters