Bread & Magic

The blog of Ben Francisco, a writer and fan of weird fictions
 
 

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2009 How it Went

• December 31, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Stuff I wrote, writing
Tags: 2009, writing goals


Agatha Christie Oh How You Make Me Angry

• December 15, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Fiction, Recommended books, writing
Tags: Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None


Garth Nix is the Master

• September 10, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Fantasy & scifi, Fiction, Recommended books, writing
Tags: Garth Nix, magic rules, Sabriel, young adult fiction


Brilliant First Lines from Aimee Bender

• September 1, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Fantasy & scifi, Fiction, Recommended books, writing
Tags: Aimee Bender, First Lines, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt


SFWA’s new look

• August 29, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Fantasy & scifi, writing
Tags: SFWA


Learning Mystery from Miss Marple

• August 28, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Fiction, Recommended books, writing
Tags: Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, Murder at the Vicarage, mystery, word counting


Thoughts on District 9

• August 20, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Fantasy & scifi, Movies, writing
Tags: District 9, word counting


700

• August 18, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in writing
Tags: word counting


Jumping on the Wordcount Wagon

• August 17, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in writing


Young Adult Reading List

• August 10, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Fantasy & scifi, Fiction, writing
Tags: reading lists, young adult novels


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Recent Fiction by Ben Francisco

Read "On the Entropy of Species" in The Tangled Bank: Love Wonder, and Evolution.

Get "This is Not Concrete" in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet.

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Recent Posts

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