Sitemap - 2022 - Monalisa's Musings
Craft is evergreen. Marketing is not.
Read this before your New Year's resolution to lose weight
How do I turn my idea into a story? Lessons from Harry Potter.
The Woman in Gold and Star Wars
My writing year in review: 2022 edition
Pregnant protagonists going to war
Cinderella and other fairy tales
On being right and ahead of my time
Coming to America (part 3) (explicit)
Multiple-third vs multiple third
Interview With a Vampire series
Great British Baking Show: Not just a matter of taste (explicit)
Sudowrite AI can't think for you (part 2)
Sudowrite AI can't think for you (part 1)
Dunbar's Number -- Why social media is not just a time-suck but a soul-sucking monstrosity
Evo-bio, bonobos, and 3rd wave feminism
Classical vs contemporary omniscient
How naive 2000s me imagined the future
Vampirism and Other Afflictions
How this writer uses higher math
There's no more pride in one's work
What if we had uterine replicators?
A Man By Any Other Name -- Part 7
A Man By Any Other Name -- Part 6
A Man By Any Other Name -- Part 5
A Man By Any Other Name -- Part 4
A Man By Any Other Name -- Part 3
A Man By Any Other Name -- Part 2
A Man By Any Other Name -- Part 1
"Sci-fi is when the magic your characters use is technology."
Terminology and the perils of all sorts of pedantry
Monthly "Ask Me Anything" Post - Sep 2022
Teaching myself to outline. [explicit]
Indies are the red-headed stepchildren of IP
Drowning in a sea of useless content.
Why would you use limited third?
The Drake Equation and Fermi Paradox
Oh no, I've "non-consensually" read something I didn't like!
3AM musings, CorgiSan update, and more
Liars and assorted unreliable narrators
FenCon panel on Science or Magic.
Frames. What are they and why/when should you use them?
FenCon and why plot bunnies abound even when I'm not writing
Agency uber alles is destroying our heroines
Culture shocks: when an "insult" is actually a compliment
Great Beginnings: JR Ward's Covet
Medicine like something out of a horror show.
"Your other pets, those people are," Yoda said.
The false dichotomy of character- vs plot-driven
A lesson in "saving" money--Government style.
Playing Fizzbin with your readers
If I wanted to destroy the world
Omniscient vs Third Limited Viewpoint
A few more things about the DespairBear and Corgisan.
When does anything become propaganda?
How did your dogs get their names?
Differences between Objective and Omniscient viewpoint (Part 1)
Kindergarten in Ceaucescu's Romania
A day without internet; what I learned.
Happy Skynet Self-Awareness Day