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Through a Window Darkly: Transparent Prose and YOU

 

Greetings, all! Summer has finally arrived in Maine, along with hordes of people and even greater, gnarlier hordes of complaining from Mainers who view tourists as an invasive species of inse...

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May Recipe: Vanilla-Scented Fried Rice Topped With Honey Garlic Shrimp

Honey Garlic Shrimp with Vanilla-Scented Fried Rice

Basically my favorite foods group is “fancied-up versions of cheap comfort food” and this is definitely falls into that categ...

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May Livestream Q & A

Hullo, everyone!

The May Q & A is live and viewable for all as of now! Come hear about lizards, Eurovision, my closet, and Dorian Gray, all delivered by my GIANT DUMB FACE. 

Remember ...

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April Experiment: Infinite Well-Meaning Golden Retrievers with Infinite Keyboards

 

Infinite Well-Meaning Golden Retrievers with Infinite Keyboards: A Guide to Publishing

Greeting, Mad Fictioneers! It is that season known as What the Fuck Is Happening ...

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ALLCAPS COOKBOOK: I Dream of Poland Green Vinaigrette Spread

 

ALLCAPS COOKBOOK: I Dream of Poland Green Vinaigrette Spread

When I went to Poland last year for the Polish National Convention, I got to stay in, naturally, Polish hot...

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Space Opera Winners!

Sorry this took a week to announce--the Lab went mobile and ended up in New York for the book launch, which turned out to be enormous and draining and then I got sick, which I still am, but at least I...

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Space Opera Giveaway!

Space Opera is out and in the world today! It is the crazy Hitchhiker's Guide-meets-Eurovision thing you guys read excerpts from on this very Patreon last year! It's real and you can hold it in your h...

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March Experiment: Consider the Iguana

 

Consider the Iguana: A Scenework Masterclass

And a good day to you, Mad Fiction Lab! It is finally thinking about, though not committing to, being spring here in Maine....

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ALLCAPS COOKBOOK March Recipe: Charmander Noodles!

 

Charmander Noodles

Hi everyone! TIME FOR FOOD AGAIN.

So this one is a real comfort dish around the Mad Fiction Lab. It’s CRAZY easy and CRAZY good and CRAZY ver...

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A Return to the Wonders of Live-Tweeting (Possibly) Terrible Things

Just a quick note to let you know that I will finally be returning to regular live-tweeting of strange and possibly awful media tonight in one hour (8:30 EST). 

Tonight will be Krull. I have ne...

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Anniversary Temporary Unlock Funtimes

Hello there Patrons! And apologies for the flood of notifications, I had no idea that would happen until, you know, it happened. 

Ahem.

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February Experiment: Writing Children and Children's Fiction

 

Big and Small: Writing for Children

Greetings from the Mad Fiction Laboratory! As I write to you, Schrodinger’s Storm bears down upon us—we are warned by the weathe...

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February Recipe: The Perfect Cheer. Er. Sandwich.

 

ALLCAPS COOKBOOK: The Best of All Possible Sandwiches

All right, hungry, hungry hipsters, this one is a request from Twitter.

You see, quite by accident, whilst b...

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First Prize Pack for 2018

Our winner is Jennifer Doyle!

Congratulations to Jennifer. You have won:

Signed copies of Radiance (UK edition)

 THE STILL UNRELEASED UPCOMING Space Opera,

A...

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January Experiment: Name All the Things

 

Say My Name, Say My Name: Naming People, Places and Things

Greetings, Laboratory Folk! It is just the most garbage part of winter here in Maine. Everything is alternate...

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January Recipe: Muhammara (Syrian Pepper and Walnut Dip)

 

ALLCAPS COOKBOOK PRESENTS: Muhammara!

So I got it into my head last month that I wanted to learn how to cook a little Syrian cuisine. The fact is, most of my…erm… View Post

December Experiment: Writer's Block

 

Attack the Block: Writer’s Block, Easy Answers, and Hard Truths

Greetings from the Lab! It has been a roller coaster of a 2018 here, full of developments I can’t ac...

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December Giveaway: Books, Books, Books!

Katharine Robson, you are December's raffle winner! The Lab will be lobbing you a care package filled with signed copies of all the above books and other wonderful goodies. Please make sure we have yo...

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December Experiment Recipe: Mushy Peas

 

ALL CAPS COOKBOOK PRESENTS: MUSHY PEAS!

So, mushy peas are actually kind of gross. At least, the kind you get in the chip shop. At least, they are to me. They’re a uniform mashed pota...

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We Did It, Patreon!

Patreon has announced that it will not roll out the fee changes that they dropped on us last week.

I'm s...

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November Experiment: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Write a Decent Query Letter

Answer Me These Queries Three, Ere Publication You See

(posted to all patrons as a thank you for sticking with me through Patreon's fee restructuring, which affects $1 and $5 do...

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November Recipe: Spiritually and Emotionally Victorious Cranberry Compote

ARE YOU READY TO CRANBERRRRRRY


What you need to know is that I spent approximately a million hours looking for this recipe.

I logged into two separate Yahoo account...

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Good News and Bad News: Patreon Fees and Life News

Hey, everyone.

The experiment will go up tomorrow, I have been under deadline and then, all of the sudden, Heath proposed and I am engaged. This...took some time. It's a wonderful shock and the worl...

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November Excerpt: The Year of Red Snow

This is an odd month for excerpts.

I've been working like crazy, but I can't show you any of it. I'm finishing Mass Effect: Annihilation, and I have an ironclad NDA. Not allowed to release ...

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FIELD OPERATIVE REWARD PACKAGE #1

Greetings Patroneers!

Way back in April we announced a LABORATORY RANDOM TEST SUBJECT POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT LOTTERY GOAL, and as announced earlier this month thanks to your incredible support we ac...

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October Experiment: Love in the Time of Nanowrimo: Life, Books, and the Conservation of Mana

Love in the Time of Nanowrimo: Life, Books, and the Conservation of Mana


Greetings and salutations, mad fictioneers! It’s that time of year again, when the woodsmoke an...

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October ALLCAPS COOKBOOK Recipe: Steak with Peppercorn Pan Sauce

 

THE ALLCAPS COOKBOOK PRESENTS: Perfect Goof-Proof Wednesday Night Steak and Peppercorn Pan Sauce

OKAY OKAY YOU GUYS. 

So I like steak, RIGHT? WHO DOESN’T. But I always get ...

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Of Goals Achieved & Blind Fate

Thanks to the incredible generosity of all you wonderful folk, we achieved the goal we have been hovering around for a few months!

Your support really means the world to me and all of the Lab Denize...

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The Future of Q&As

Hey, everyone!

I only received one question for the September Q&A, which, combined with viewing numbers, leads me to believe that, while everyone likes watching the livestream, coming u...

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September's Entry in the ALL CAPS COOKBOOK

 

Gluten-Free Orange Almond Cake with Pineapple-Bourbon Glaze

This recipe is mainly from the Great British Bake Off cookbook, with the glaze and toppings being my own twi...

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