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		<title>Earthisms – the fastest way to ruin SciFi</title>
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		<title>On Journaling</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a long flirtation with writing implements and papers. If I just don&#8217;t like the pen or the paper, I may as well play Solitaire because I won&#8217;t get anything significant done.  Yeah, I might be able to write a little, but I might as well toss it sooner rather than later. Also, trying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tjpontz.com&blog=9550346&post=96&subd=pencilplace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to step outside to change your mind about something. Sometimes you have to take a walk. Sometimes I have to go someplace entirely different. Adrian Lark, founder of Mars3D.com, has created a virtual &#8216;flyover&#8217; video of the martian landscape using image data collected by NASA&#8217;s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment), the most powerful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tjpontz.com&blog=9550346&post=91&subd=pencilplace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inside out? Outside in?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Character creation.  Some people love it, and some writers struggle with it.  Remember this: the most excellent plot in the world, if it has no characters, is just an outline.  A really good character study is a good read all by itself. Most writers that I&#8217;ve mentored, taught, or reviewed seem to have an outside-in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tjpontz.com&blog=9550346&post=80&subd=pencilplace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ice it?  Yeah, recommended.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I re-read what I had scribbled what seemed so long ago.  Yes, some of it was really quite interesting.  Some of it was dreadfully rushed.  Some of it was just a skeleton, lacking any thought but enough to get the reader from point A to point B.  But the characters were compelling, the plot was unexpected, and the comments were really good.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tjpontz.com&blog=9550346&post=73&subd=pencilplace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He leaned over his unfinished dinner, and said, &#8220;You don&#8217;t love me. You never did really love me.&#8221; She took a sip of wine, perhaps to have a moment to think, then she said, &#8220;Well, yes I did. I don&#8217;t know how it all ended, but I just don&#8217;t any longer.&#8221; &#8220;I would say&#8221; he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tjpontz.com&blog=9550346&post=70&subd=pencilplace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bread holds the good stuff inside.  That's the plot.  It's full of promise, but you really don't want to taste just the bread. The good stuff is inside. The characters.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tjpontz.com&blog=9550346&post=68&subd=pencilplace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often find randomness to be a great creativity boost.  Just what would a Chase story have in common with Making amends?  I don't know, so you'll have to tell me.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tjpontz.com&blog=9550346&post=62&subd=pencilplace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Allright. It&#8217;s four in the morning, I have a screwdriver, and something is either dead or gonna die!&#8221; Have you ever had one of those nights? I had been up a time or two in the night jiggling handles and checking plumbing parts, but the running water noise was both getting worse and keeping me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tjpontz.com&blog=9550346&post=54&subd=pencilplace&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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