My Adventures in World-Building
A couple of weeks ago, I began to worry about the writing on my novel slowing down. As I’ve mentioned before, it ebbs and flows.
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Science Fiction/Fantasy Growing Despite Market Decline
More science fiction/fantasy is being bought, which says there is a growing market, instead of the gloom and doom “books are dead” predictions tossed around in some places.
Read moreLadies Rule the Day at Comic-Con Thursday
More thoughts about two of the panels from SDCC 2011.
Read moreChapter Five Excerpt Posted
A new excerpt from my upcoming novel has been posted at TriciaBarr.com. I hope you’ll check it out.
Read moreWho Should Write Strong Female Heroines? Women Don’t Always Get It Right
Most definitely I hope to see more women in creative roles not just at DC, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars, but everywhere. At the same time, I want women capable of effectively creating characters and storylines that women can relate to, or this Spaceship to Gender Equality in Scifi and Fantasy will take us nowhere fast.
Read moreThe Fairy Tale Princess In Empire Strikes Back: Why Leia Is The Gold Standard For Strong Female Heroines
Part of what makes the Star Wars movies fun to rewatch – there was a marathon on Spike TV again this past weekend – is that there are always new gems to be discovered.
Read moreCan Luke Skywalker Avoid Character Apocalypse? Follow-up to Luke Skywalker Must Die
In May, my blog post Luke Skywalker Must Die generated a lot of discussion within the fandom, and even caught
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Sexy Geeks and other Convention News
A fangirl convention update, including information on San Diego Comic Con and Geek Girl Con.
Read moreChapter One Excerpt Posted
I promised May Mondays would be exciting, so here we go.
Read moreLuke Skywalker Must Die
I think killing Luke Skywalker in an Expanded Universe novel, and doing it in the near future – both in the real world and in-universe – is the perfect opportunity to revive the stagnating EU storyline, rebuild enthusiasm in the EU fanbase, and bring in a whole bunch of new fans to the EU in the process. To save the EU novels, Luke Skywalker must die. I hope you’ll hear me out on my reasons why.
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