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The Impossibly High Hurdle For Self-Driving Cars

Why human factors and perceptions of acceptable risks may keep self-driving cars off the roads

Separating the F from the SF in SF/F

On defining a difference between science-fiction and fantasy

Self-contain nuggets of wonder that can bring fiction alive

On How Plot Construction Reverses Cause and Effect

A simple plot-building trick in which you create your plot backwards

Fixing Eurovision (In Both Senses Of The Word)

Why the UK should trade its automatic qualification for the final for something much, much better (other countries may disagree)

Now That’s Magic!

Or what games/dungeon masters can “steal” from Charles III’s Coronation

There Is No “They”

On why it’s unfair to criticise “they” when it comes to politics, especially of the local variety

To Apostrophise Or Not To Apostrophise

Should writers use apostrophes and non-variant spellings to depict non-standard dialects?

Why We Went To The Moon… And Then Never Went Back

On the historical parallels between lunar and Antarctic exploration and what those parallels could have predicted

On Writing, Being A Writer, And The Need For External Validation

And Why It Means So Much To Me To Have An Agent

*tap* *tap* Is anyone getting this?

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