Category Archives: Writing

Rowling Watch 2014

Posted on 10 August 2013 by Larry Russwurm

We’ve all heard of J. K. Rowling, author of the wildly successful Harry Potter series. We all heard of her adult fiction attempt The Casual Vacancy which sold well because of her name and the curiosity of some fans. I … Continue reading →

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H. G. Wells, the Teenage Sidekick of the Father of Science Fiction

Posted on 6 April 2013 by Larry Russwurm

I saw Robert J. Sawyer give a lecture on TV Ontario a couple weeks ago. In it, he called Mary Shelley the progenitor of science fiction. No arguments there. He also said the spur of this entire article; he called … Continue reading →

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This Website – Now Half Off

Posted on 13 February 2013 by Larry Russwurm

This has been a long time coming. You see I happened to notice a long while ago that the natural rate for the Many Rants of Larry Russwurm post was about once a week. In a week I can usually … Continue reading →

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C’mon, High School Teachers, Teach Sensawunda

Posted on 22 December 2012 by Larry Russwurm

For this post, I was just going to bitch that the fiction gatekeepers in high school, the teachers, seem to ignore genre fiction. But then I thought back to my education more carefully and realized that grade 11 was a … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Winner

Posted on 1 December 2012 by Larry Russwurm

This is going to be a non humourous, self congratulatory post. You see, this year I entered the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) contest. In my last post before November began, I outlined my strategy of trying to write a … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo or Something Like It

Posted on 31 October 2012 by Larry Russwurm

For those of you who don’t know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. You can find out more by typing nanowrimo.org into your browser or into a search engine. The month in question is always November and registering makes … Continue reading →

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The Earning Dead

Posted on 8 September 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Copyright monopolies vary widely from place to place on this Earth. But the vast majority of countries offer these monopolies and I would say that the United States system of life of the artist plus 70 years (it’s actually more … Continue reading →

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All the World’s a Factory Floor

Posted on 11 August 2012 by Larry Russwurm

All the world’s a factory floor, and all the men and women merely robots. They don’t think they’re robots, nay they are far superior, For they have emotions, the thing that separates man from machine. If they are sad then … Continue reading →

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Suspension of Disbelief Important for Cats and Kids

Posted on 27 June 2012 by Larry Russwurm

I usually play with my cat twice per day with a string. I get frustrated that she ignores the string for a long time, sometimes. I guess she is practising her looking like part of the background skills. Or is … Continue reading →

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Someone Forgot His Oath This Morning

Posted on 25 April 2012 by Larry Russwurm

The Green Lantern plummeted out of the sky quickly. Suddenly his ring made a giant green bouncy castle and that is where he landed. The gathered scientists just coughed and kicked stones, waiting for the superhero to stop bouncing. Finally … Continue reading →

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