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Stop Being The Writer You Are

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Steven Savage
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(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr.  Find out more at my newsletter.) Let me ask you a question – imagine someone is basing a character on you as a writer. How would they portray it, what “writer archetype” … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Psychology, Writing | Tagged culture, identity, writing | Leave a reply

Writing Is More Than Writing

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Steven Savage
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(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com, www.SeventhSanctum.com, and Steve’s Tumblr) Earlier I’d discussed, with inspiration from my friend Serdar, about how writers are both compelled but also need to figure what to do with their writing to be happy.  Writing is … Continue reading →

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Why We Write, Why We Wrong

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Steven Savage
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(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com, www.SeventhSanctum.com, and Steve’s Tumblr) Over at his blog my friend Serdar talked about why people write. Some people, he notes, want all the benefits and the aura of being a writer . . . except … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Writing | Tagged genjipress, identity, serdar, writer identity, writing | Leave a reply

Straight White Male

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Steven Savage
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This is the blog post that has been months in coming. Not because it’s good, but because I kept finding other things to write, and because I kept rephrasing it. What got it to finally be written was watching people … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Politics | Tagged bias, culture, identity, politics, seriously cut it out, Star Wars, straight white male | 4 Replies

Fan I Am #6: Fandom And Larger Culture

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Steven Savage
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I’d like to take a break from my deeper musing on Fandom to look at how having a Fandom as an identity and as a culture really isn’t that different from non-fannish stuff. Its probably easy to think of those … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Culture, Geek As Citizen | Tagged fan I am, fandom, fandom identity, geek culture, identity | Leave a reply

Fan I am #5: Why Identify As A Fan

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Steven Savage
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So having thought about the kinds of fan, and why meltdowns occur, I keep wondering “why do people identify as fans so passionately?” I mean in some ways it looks ridiculous to base part of your life on your love … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Culture, Geek As Citizen | Tagged culture, fan I am, fandom, fandom identity, identity | Leave a reply

Way With Worlds: Original Me

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Steven Savage
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(Way With Worlds is published at Seventh Sanctum, MuseHack, and Ongoing Worlds.) In a strange bit of irony, Im still talking about originality here. Seems sort of weird to keep covering a subject on being more original by not shutting up … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Way With Worlds, Writing | Tagged experience, identity, originality, Way With Worlds | 2 Replies

Fan I Am #3: Identifying As A Fan

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Steven Savage
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Previously I identified the following forms of fans: Recreational – The fandom is fun. General Interest – There is definite interest in the subject, and time is put in.but not much is done with it. Social – One identifies with, … Continue reading →

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Geek As Citizen: What Is A Geek?

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Steven Savage
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As I mentioned last week, I’m going to be exploring the role of geeks as citizen. What is our place in a functional society? Where do we belong? Where are we needed? I think a lot of us kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Geek As Citizen, Uncategorized | Tagged culture, geek, geek as citizen, geekonomy, identity | 2 Replies

$68 Bucks Makes A Man Who Never Existed Internet Famous

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Steven Savage
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Kevin Ashton worked some internet Necromancy to create Santiago Swallow.  Generated names, photoshopped face, Twitter followers, etc.  All for no one. So a few questions for you: How many other people have done this – and how many did it … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Technology | Tagged identity, reputation, Santiago Swallow | Leave a reply

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