I09 led me to a post by Ian Sales about the dreaded Info Dump: Unless the writer has chosen to use an outsider as a protagonist – a common trick in fantasy, but much less so in science fiction – Read more…
If you missed it last night, I was on the Nightstalkers internet radio program. I talked about werewolves, writing and Wolfbreed. (Ain’t I alliterative?) With the exception of one technical glitch with my phone (I think you can hear me Read more…
Remember Rollerball? The original 1975 version with James Caan? One of the interesting premises of the movie was the collapse of the nation-state in favor of the corporation. That premise was somewhat prescient, anticipating one of the main tropes of Read more…
Blogish Thing #1: The Amazon/Macmillan thing continues rolling on, making Amazon look more and more the villian to those of us who write for a living. Reactions are varied, and I’d like to endorse Scalzi’s call not to boycott, but Read more…
Today I’ve a guest blog post up @ SciFiGuy.ca wherein I go and mull over my current obsessions on religion and space opera in the Apotheosis Trilogy. Can you write SF about religion? It’s an interesting question because when people Read more…
Here we see the cover of the Blackstone Audio version of Wolfbreed coming out March 20th. Much coolness, and it’s interesting seeing a cover that’s clearly influenced by Spectra’s cover, yet different. I can’t wait to get this on my Read more…
Zoe doesn’t seem too impressed, but it may be because she can’t read. If you want to buy it on-line, but you’re pissed at Amazon’s antics of late, you can buy it here. Or here.
I recently read a rather interesting sfnal riff on Obama’s state of the union speech, based on an administration reference to a “New Foundation”: But I recall reading here or somewhere that Paul Krugman and several other leading economic and Read more…
Well finally got to updating the counters for the WIP. And I am now feeling the main issue that faces every writer with a day job, time. There just isn’t enough of it. Once you take time for commuting, writing, Read more…