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REALITY SKIMMING PRESs
Reality Skimming Blog
A #SlowCulture project. Come fly with us.
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Story: Story installments set in the Okal Rel Universe
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Lore: Background ref, art, etc. for the Universe
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Journey: Creative history, artifacts, connections
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Reality Skimming: Everything else
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The Story of Polar Borealis Magazine
Karl Johanson tells the story of creating and running one of Canada's two print SF magazines.
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Nov 184 min read
Changing the World: One Performance at a Time
A practitioner of Augusto Boal's forum theatre illustrates its purpose and power through an example set in Mission, B.C.
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Nov 311 min read
The Story of Neo-opsis
Karl Johanson tells the story of creating and running one of Canada's two print SF magazines.
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Oct 207 min read
Embracing Change: Living and Writing from the Ecotone
Writing evolves through life, naturally. SF author Nina Munteanu addresses her changes through the idea of ecotones.
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Oct 66 min read
The Publishing Ecosystem: a Metaphor for Modern Authors?
A writer with ecology credentials looks at publishing as an ecosystem and why it will survive AI.
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Sep 159 min read
The Fabric of Story: Mythmaking as Method
Story as a woven fabric not a destination, as explained by author Chelsea Hann.
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Sep 86 min read
Fun First
SF author Jennifer Lott wants an agent to go pro -- but in the meantime puts fun first with her wacky fantasy documentary / podcast Wilzerlott.
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Aug 114 min read
Over the Hills- A Story about Newspapers
The story of a newspaper reporter who lost his job for taking it too seriously.
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Jul 284 min read
What We Can Do
The story of Joe Mahoney's creation of Donovan Street Press and taking control of what you can control as an author.
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Jul 137 min read
Zuckerberg's Thieves
Zuckerberg's theft of authors' work to train is AI and what we can do about it.
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Jun 304 min read
A Vague Sense of Unease
Stories may have always been larger than life but how should a writer feel about how far the pace of the digital era drives the need for "jepardies".
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Jun 1610 min read
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