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These fragments I have shored against my ruins

STC 3: Short and Long

Madeline / October 12, 2008

Write a paragraph, 100-150 words, in sentences of seven words or fewer words. No sentence fragments! Each must have a subject and a verb. The result:

These fragments I have shored against my ruins

STC 2: I am Garcia Marquez

Madeline / October 6, 2008

Instructions Write a paragraph to a page (150-350 words) of narrative with no punctuation (and no paragraphs or other breaking devices). The result

These fragments I have shored against my ruins

Instructions: Write a paragraph to a page (150-300 words) of narrative that’s meant to be read aloud. Use onomatopoeia, alliteration, repetition, rhythmic effects, made-up words or names, dialect — any kind of sound-effect you like — but NOT rhyme or meter. The result:

…is a science fiction writer, futurist, speaker, teacher, and immigrant living in Toronto. She is represented by Cooke McDermid, and UTA. If you’d like to ask about a speaking engagement, please contact Perfect Note Speakers. You can buy her books here.

Madeline Ashby has worked with Intel Labs, the Institute for the Future, SciFutures, Nesta, Data & Society, The Atlantic Council, the ASU Center for Science and the Imagination, Changeist, and others. She has spoken at SXSW, FutureEverything, MozFest, and other events. Her essays have appeared at BoingBoing, io9, WorldChanging, Creators Project, Arcfinity, MISC Magazine, and FutureNow. Her fiction has appeared in Slate, MIT Tech Review, Clarkesworld, and multiple anthologies. She is a member of the XPRIZE Science Fiction Advisory Council and the AI Policy Futures Group at ASU CSI. She is the author of the Machine Dynasty novels. Her novel Company Town was a Canada Reads finalist.

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