internet
More SF Blogs. . .
Follow-up to my post about SF writers who blog: I’ve come across another list of SF blogs at Whatever. . .
cleveland
Burton Blog followup
Follow-up to my earlier post: Scott Weber at the Burton Blog has another post about writing, thought I’d pass it on.
writing
Some answers to the perennial question
I just recently finished the page proofs for “Fealty” and thinking about the weird genesis of that story gave me the thought to post an answer to the most-oft asked question of those in the fiction trade: where do I get my ideas? Instead of the pat answer most authors Read more…
cleveland
If you want to be a writer. . .
. . . then read this post on the Burton Blog, and while you’re at it you can get a in-depth look at small-town Ohio politics.
internet
“We’re sorry but your spam does not currently suit our needs . . .”
Anyone writing short stories over the past decade or so may have noticed something of an online renaissance of paying on-line markets for short fiction. I started submitting stuff for publication in the late eighties/early nineties, and at that time there were only a handful of professional markets; Analog, Asimov’s, Read more…
writing
“I have this cool idea. If you could just help me write it…”
I just read an über-cool short story at Helix, “Rod Rapid and His Electric Chair” by John Barnes. It is truly scary (and funny) on a number of different levels, including a very nice twist of the knife at the end. What’s very cool to me is the fact that Read more…
internet
Cajun Sushi Hamsters who Blog
Sort of a companion to the earlier post Other SF Authors Who Blog; here’s a short list (probably incomplete) of blogs from current and former members of my writer’s workshop, the Cajun Sushi Hamsters From Hell. Tobias S. Buckell Ellen Klages Geoff Landis Demented Michelle Maureen F. McHugh Catherynne M. Read more…
internet
Other SF Authors Who Blog
Anyone who’s reading this will probably be interested in other SF writers who blog. Very cool list from the SF Signal blog.
internet
Blogging the Alien
One of the more difficult things a writer can do is write about a culture that is truly alien. A lot of bad SF— especially in TV and movies— has shown alien beings that are significantly less alien to someone from a western culture than many human cultures. My own Read more…
book covers
You can’t tell a book by its cover
?= A while ago I sold the Russian rights to my first four books. I cashed the check and thought little more of it. Then, one day I was googling my work and found a page in Russia. . . I did a little digging and found the cover of Read more…