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Historical authenticity, historical verisimilitude, and how political correctness leads to bad Christian fiction

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Kristin

3 months ago, Daniel Abraham wrote an article on historical authenticity in fantasy.  A week later, Black Gate blogger Theo posted a critique of that article (and a follow-up post 2 weeks after that, to clear up some of the misconceptions … Continue reading →

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Arisia 2012

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Kristin

A couple of weekends ago, I attended Arisia, one of Boston’s local science fiction conventions.  I usually think of Arisia as more of a party convention than a writers’ convention.  I’ve attended Arisia in past years without sitting in on … Continue reading →

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