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The Power of Props & Setting in Storytelling

October 13, 2025October 16, 2025 dianastargate

How a Zippo lighter became a life-saving plot device and how you, too, can elevate your storytelling by learning to craft props and settings that reveal, advance, and resonate. Here’s the thing about props and[…]

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Fannish Inspiration

August 26, 2015August 26, 2015 dianaconventions

This upcoming weekend marks my last convention appearance for the year (Delta H Con – August 28th through 30th) and I find myself in a mixed frame of mind as I hurtle toward the weekend.[…]

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Stargate Novels Goes to Chicago

August 5, 2015August 5, 2015 dianabooks

One more week and then it’s off to Chicago for the Stargate Creation Con (August 14-16).  Fandemonium — who publishes the Stargate novels — will be there with bells and whistles on (in other words,[…]

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Beaming up to TrekFan, Stepping Through the Gate

July 10, 2015July 10, 2015 dianasg-1: enemy

Remember my earlier post about how I live my life as a human doing, not a human being?  Two auto-immune diseases have slowed me down, but that doesn’t mean I’m dead.  I’m above crawl-speed, I[…]

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Guest Post: Author JL Gribble & Her Love of Stargate

June 29, 2015June 29, 2015 dianabooks

From Diana: It should come as no surprise that I’m a fan of all things Stargate. I write for the novels. I watch at least an episode a day not only to keep the characters’[…]

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Scribe Award Nomination & Comicpalooza Time

May 21, 2015June 29, 2015 dianaconventions

Earlier this week, the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers announced their Scribe Award nominees.  To my utter surprise and delight, my SG-1 short story, Perceptions, (appearing in Fandemonium’s Stargate Horizons anthology) was nominated.  The other nominees[…]

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Coming soon: The HERitage Anthology
Double Trouble: Find out out Gulliver, Sacajawea, and Shackleton Meet in the Hall of Everything
For Stargate SG-1 fans, find out more about Botsford's short story, "Perceptions," the 2015 Scribes Nominee.
SG-1's The Drift - The sequel to "Four Dragons" with the team striving to overcome out of control Ancient technology while dealing with Lord Yu, his Dragon Guard, and China's politics
Stargate SG-1 uncover the truth behind Lord Yu's rise to power from ancient China to the System Lords
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