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The Hallmark Channel: Essays on Faith, Race and Feminism

by Emily L Newman

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Apr 08, 2021 04:01PM

“You don't need a sex scene to have romance! My favorite kind of romance is the understated tension of unconfessed (and certainly unconsumated) love. I think it's always more addicting to read about people who I wish would get together than to read about people who already 'been there done that'.”
― R.A. White

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“Fantasy is totally wide open; all you really have to do is follow the rules you've set. But if you're writing about science, you have to first learn what you're writing about.”
― Octavia E. Butler

tags: fantasy, process, science-fiction, writing

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“Books can be viewed as food for the mind

Stop reading and your brain can become anemic

Read junk and your thinking can become malnourished

But handle your diet with books well and your life long learning never stops”
― Jonathan Frakes

tags: beyond-belief-fact-or-fiction

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“No matter how long it takes or however long I am gone, I will always come back to you. Just like the goldsmith came back for his love. You promised your heart to me so long ago and with this ring came your heart. So I shall give mine.”
― Rae Lori, Within the Shadows of Mortals

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“I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining.”
― Octavia E. Butler

tags: science-fiction, writing

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