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NIAC: An Orbiting Rainbow Posted From Centauri Dreams
Posted: 08 Aug 2014 06:14 AM PDT Remember Robert Forward’s beamed sail concepts designed for travel to another star? Forward was the master of thinking big, addressing questions of physics which, once solved, left it up to the engineers to actually build the enormous infrastructure needed. Thus his crewed mission to Epsilon […]
A Copywriter with Great Ideas
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
If you are a writer, you have probably thought about building an author platform. I’ve started thinking about that, too. I’ve done a lot of reading on the topic lately and now I’m starting to write more content. If you are like me, you may…
Writer’s Arse, And Other Ailments
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
The gurus over at Writing.ie have published another article I wrote today. A sort of confessional piece. I talk about the terrible afflictions which writers suffer, and how I suffer in particular (from being terribly afflicted). Some non-writers will be sceptical about this. That’s fine. They can go around sympathising with…
Review: ‘Good Chinese Wife’ by Susan Blumberg-Kason
Originally posted on write meg!:
Going into Susan Blumberg-Kason’s Good Chinese Wife, I’ll confess to wanting to do a little armchair traveling. During a busy summer in which I’ve rarely crossed state lines, the idea of visiting exotic Hong Kong, lovely San Francisco and bustling China was too alluring to deny. Nevermind that this is,…
Mission Blue “Indigo House” exhibition at Mission House, George Town Festival #GTF2014 Penang, Malaysia
Originally posted on BulanLifestyle.com:
Regina Ibrahim Indigo exhibition For the month of August, during George Town festival, Mission House will play host to the Mission Blue ‘The Indigo House’ Exhibition. It is the pop up gallery and shop housing the Mission Blue exhibition. Mission house was formerly a Christian missionary HQ in the 19th…
Promote Yourself: Christopher Jackson-Ash
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
This is welcome back time for Chris Jackson-Ash. I recently interviewed him and his alter ego Kris the Bard here. Sensitive souls might want to avert their gaze from the following images. This man likes his torture graphic 🙂 Aftermath of Armageddon is the second Volume in the FirstWorld…
Blackbird harvest
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
On the vine the grapes are almost ripe. Plump purple bunches Pendulous pyramids inverted by gravity, Hanging in the cool shade. Here and there a touch of green, hard and dense, Among the ripe bursting grains. Almost, almost. Almost does for the blackbirds, Fluttering through the sun-crackling leaves In…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 