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William George Ferguson  
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  More options Jul 7 2008, 11:35 pm
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From: William George Ferguson <wmgfr...@newsguy.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:35:20 -0700
Local: Mon, Jul 7 2008 11:35 pm
Subject: Re: Common First Author Mistakes - What are they, and are there SF speficic ones?
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On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:04:00 -0700 (PDT), Mark_Reich...@hotmail.com wrote:
>On Jul 4, 1:18 pm, Konrad Gaertner <kgaert...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
>> phdu...@gmail.com wrote:

>> > And I was wondering, what are these problems? The only one I can
>> > think of is the 'kitchen sink' problem, where every cool idea the
>> > author's ever had shows up in one book, but I'm sure there's more.
>> > Are there any sfnal specific first novel problems?

>> Telling instead of showing

>So Baen authors other than Bujold have written a lot of first novels.

It's a really common failing.  I'm pretty certain that every published
author has written at least one.

--
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.  I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.  Only I will remain.
(Bene Gesserit)


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