Category Archives: Musings

Mythic Stories and Stories From Myth

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Sarah

A few years ago, I was in a burger joint with my screenwriting group. We’d had a good morning session giving notes and were unwinding over lunch. At the next table over, there were two guys talking. They were obviously … Continue reading →

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Love Your Tools

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Sarah

A friend recently recommended the works of Annie Dillard to me, and so I began reading The Writing Life.  In this particular book she describes in vignettes her experiences of the labor of writing, of doing the work (and some … Continue reading →

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“Heroes,” You Say?

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) In San Diego during Comic Con last month, the shuttle buses serving the convention attendees (which circled the city between the convention center and various areas of hotels) were plastered with ads for the various series from … Continue reading →

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Is the Myth of Wonder Woman a Lie?

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Sarah

One of the interesting things in having a website is checking the search strings that bring people to the site. In January this year, one of those search strings caught my attention. Someone was apparently investigating the question “Is the … Continue reading →

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Inside the Story Space

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) (For my friends, there are a couple of reasons I haven’t been posting much on LJ lately. The sore foot acquired at Wondercon at the beginning of April turned out to be plantar faciitis — distress … Continue reading →

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