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We Can Rebuild You: Fanfic and Character Development

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on January 27, 2021

As John Appel pointed out recently, writer Twitter can be counted on to have a…

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The Machine, Stopped

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on December 28, 2020December 27, 2020

Changing the content of the courses I teach is normal, as ordinary as grading papers.…

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Avengers, Assemble!:  Reading Teams & NaNoWriMo Revisions

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on November 27, 2020November 25, 2020

If you’re a first-time NaNoWriMo author (or second, or third, or beyond), you’ve probably heard…

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My Little Pony: When “Friendship” Is Toxic

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on September 29, 2020

According to the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic diagnostic inventory for evaluating cartoon-triggered sociopathy,…

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The Chain of Consequence: Character Agency in Fiction (and Bedtime)

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on July 24, 2020July 20, 2020

I’m trying to get out of the habit of sleeping with my phone at my…

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On Passing the Torch: or, You Can’t Make Them Love Things the Way You Do

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on June 29, 2020June 26, 2020

At the time of this writing, my daughter, Deirdre, is eight years old. She is…

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Have I Told You Lately?: Nonverbal Interaction In Fiction

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on May 25, 2020May 22, 2020

I’m a sucker for nonverbal cues in stories. Give me a meaningful look between characters…

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The Backstory Is In the Basement

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on April 20, 2020April 19, 2020

One of my husband’s least-favorite things is having to fetch stuff from our basement pantry…

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The Kids Aren’t All Right

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on March 23, 2020March 22, 2020

Talk to anyone in sff publishing and they’ll tell you dystopias, stories of government control,…

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On Loving Problematic Things

  • Tracy Townsend
  • Posted on February 24, 2020February 22, 2020

I’m not sure quite when I realized that my favorite, most formative sf author, Roger…

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