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February 2024
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January 2024
December/January
Hey sickos! We skipped last month because we’ve been feeling pretty conflicted about remaining on Substack for various reasons. We’re looking into…
Jan 31
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December 2023
Toothless Vampires
There’s a trend in contemporary SFF to soften or humanize monsters. We have nice vampires who don’t kill people, sad ghosts who don’t torment the…
Dec 8, 2023
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November 2023
November 2023
Hey sickos! Here’s what the most dangerous woman in speculative fiction has been up to in November 2023: We ate good We looked at some art We talked…
Nov 30, 2023
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November 2023
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Eat Gud
Welcome to Rite Gud, the podcast that helps you write good. I’m RS Benedict, and I’ll be your waiter this evening. On tonight’s menu, we’re starting off…
Nov 17, 2023
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October 2023
October 2023
Hey sickos! Here’s what the most dangerous woman in speculative fiction has been up to in the very spooky month of October 2023: We touched grass. We…
Oct 29, 2023
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October 2023
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(Don't) Gotta Go Fast
The average American consumes 100,000 words a day. But what do we retain? What have we learned? We think that bigger is better, and more is better, but…
Oct 27, 2023
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Touch Grass
(Transcript here.) A sense of place can ground your story, or create a mood, or give it something really unique. Unfortunately, in an era in which we…
Oct 13, 2023
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September 2023
Hey sickos! Here’s what the most dangerous woman in speculative fiction has been up to in September 2023: We studied the blade. We talked about…
Oct 1, 2023
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September 2023
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August 2023
August 2023
Hey sickos! Here’s what the most dangerous woman in speculative fiction has been up to in August 2023: We wrote about some art that gave us the feels…
Aug 31, 2023
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More Bad Writing Advice
Unfortunately, there’s a lot of writing advice out there that doesn't help you write good. In fact, it helps you write pretty bad. And some of this…
Aug 30, 2023
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The way to write the Other is not to make the Other into you
There’s a long tradition in Western literature of exoticizing other cultures, particularly the East and the Global South. And recently, there’s been a…
Aug 16, 2023
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