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SciFi Q of the Day: Career Politicians

Posted on October 23, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

 SciFi Question of the Day: Would it be possible to design a government for your planet’s new colony whose politicians all have “regular” jobs that are NOT career politicians, or would career politicians always develop no matter what the design … Continue reading →

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Good Frickin’ Grief

Posted on October 18, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

I knew there was something I was supposed to do yesterday… Oh Yeah! My Wednesday ROW80 check in! Summary: Acceptable levels of daily writing. If not for one Saturday of handing kids to hubby and squirreling myself away, it would … Continue reading →

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Interview With Jason M. Hough

Posted on August 23, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

Jason is a former 3D Artist and Game Designer, developing such titles as Metal Fatigue and Aliens vs. Predator: Extinction.  Currently he works at a Fortune 500 company designing software that uses machine-learning techniques to make smartphones more efficient.  After leaving the game … Continue reading →

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SciFi Q of the Day: Time Traveler’s Naïveté

Posted on May 15, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

SciFi Question of the Day: If a person from the 29th century was stranded in our time, what possibly deadly mistakes might they make out of naïveté? Facebook Answers:   Daniel Beard steps down an elevator shaft thinking it is a drop … Continue reading →

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SciFi Q of the Day: Channel the Genre Trope

Posted on May 8, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

SciFi Question of the Day: If you were in an Indiana Jones or Tombraider type scenario, faced with a long mysterious hallway you must traverse to get to the treasure, and the instructions on your treasure map said “Channel the … Continue reading →

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In a Position to Give Advice

Posted on April 27, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

I’ve had several people ask me about “How do you write a book and get published?” over the last few months. At first, I felt like I was a pretender, someone who had no right to give advice. After all, … Continue reading →

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Interview With Allie Sanders

Posted on April 19, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

I live in small-town Michigan with my husband who thinks he’s a child and my dog who thinks he’s a cat. This works out just fine because I’m convinced I’m a ballerina. I am older than I look, younger than … Continue reading →

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Joanie Has a New Friend

Posted on March 7, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

I wrote a post a couple of months ago about Joanie, my Barnes & Noble Nook. A couple days ago, Joanie got a new friend… a Kindle I won in Charles Justiz‘ Facebook Contest promoting his book, Specific Impulse. That’s his … Continue reading →

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Keeping on Keeping On

Posted on February 29, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

Quick update for A Round of Words in 80 Days… Three weeks left. Although I’m not doing as much writing as I’d like, I’m OK with that for now. I think I need to eventually know what my yearly writing … Continue reading →

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ROW 80 Too Much?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

You know the best thing about weekly check-ins? It makes you realize “Oh… last week my check-in was EEP! because I wasn’t adequately working towards my goals… and another week has gone by and it’s not much better.” It’s not … Continue reading →

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