Hello again, readers! This week’s Around the Web features some sci-fi writing advice, some thoughts about self-worth and publishing, a look at a library, and some bookish décor ideas. Science in Science Fiction You don’t have to be a scientist to write science fiction, but there is value in getting the science right when you’re writing. You don’t want your readers to get distracted by inaccuracies or impossibilities. If this is something you’re interested in, check out Alice Henderson’s piece on research and bringing fact to fiction. On Publishing and Feeling Seen And if you are writing and have yet to be published, Jane Friedman has some words for you. In a recent post, she discusses some o

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