Monthly Archives: December 2020

Alien Nation

Posted on December 24, 2020 by midiguru

All fiction arises out of myth. How could it be otherwise? The mythic archetypes with which our minds are endowed are what makes us human; without them, we wouldn’t even know who we are. Nor would we be able to … Continue reading →

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Badly Informed

Posted on December 9, 2020 by midiguru

Rather to my surprise, I was awarded a bit of non-trivial prize money for placing well in this year’s IF Comp. This is the Interactive Fiction Competition; it’s for text-based games of one sort and another. There were a hundred … Continue reading →

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Money

Posted on December 4, 2020 by midiguru

Let’s not mince words: The publishing industry is set up in such a way as to systematically cheat writers. A few highly successful writers rake in the big bucks, but most of us don’t. The sad part is, writers as … Continue reading →

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Blank Check

Posted on December 3, 2020 by midiguru

You’re a writer. Naturally you’d like to see your book(s) published by a real New York publishing company. If you’re very good at what you do, and have a dose of luck on your side, you may be offered a … Continue reading →

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