I have on occasion been known to say that science fiction is the most human of literatures. On nearly as many occasions, this comment is received with weird expressions and an “oh, really” kind of response. But it is. Science fiction is about what it means to be human. That’s really it, at its core. […]
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A day in the life of a writer
When I left my day job, people I knew kept asking me “what does a writer do all day?” I wasn’t sure what to say, but I know I mumbled through it. I would report no that I’m still trying to figure that out. Here’s how today went, though: Breakfast Drive Lisa into work 40 […]
Read More ...Purpose (a Venn diagram)
I saw a Venn diagram on another writer’s feed a few weeks back. It struck me as interesting, but I stuck it into my “think about this later” pile because, while it made an impact for me, it didn’t feel quite right. Not quite full enough. Here it is: This morning, for whatever reason, I […]
Read More ...Orphan Black’s Felix on acting (and Ron’s take on writing fast)
I went to lunch with a “new” writer last week. She’s very good but, being new, she’s still feeling her way around (which makes her just like everyone else, but we won’t tell her that now, will we? We’ll just let her figure out we’re all pretty much clueless on her own. Believe me, it’s […]
Read More ...Found: happiness in a grocery store
In this post I will reveal to you a key to considerable happiness. It is, admittedly a strange key. It costs very little, and in the end never even allows you to know if it’s successful or not. Yet I find it makes me happy in its own serendipitous fashion, so it seems only fair […]
Read More ...The First Annual Rongo Awards
Over the past couple weeks I’ve been tempted at several moments to weigh in on the big brouhaha over this year’s Hugo Awards—an award which is of only vague import for the majority of the world, but is like life-blood to several people who are, perhaps, if such a thing is possible, the teensiest bit […]
Read More ...Five Days in May – New Cover Reveal!
It’s getting close to May, which if you live in Indiana means that it’s getting on to Indy 500 time. This is special to me and John Bodin because it’s also time to release the latest edition of our anthology full of racing-related science fiction. These stories are great fun, full of pure skiffy stuff […]
Read More ...RELEASE THE BUNDLES!
You ask, I respond. That’s how this works! I’m really pleased to report that electronic versions of Saga of the God-Touched Mage are now available in bundles of four volumes each. Saga of the God-Touched Mage (Volumes 1-4) Glamour of the God-Touched Trail of the Torean Target of the Orders Gathering of the God-Touched AVAILABLE […]
Read More ...Three friends, three books
As I’m getting my act together for the hundredth time, I think I should take a moment and note that three writer friends of mine local to the Columbus area have recently put out books that some of my readers might be interested in. Only one, Gregg Macklin’s, fits somewhere into the SF milieu, but […]
Read More ...Kazuo Ishiguro
Often, while I go about the routine portion of my days at home, I like to listen to podcasts. I have quite eclectic tastes in this area, but in general I focus on stories and people–stories in the vein of documentaries or personal narratives, stories the likes of historical studies or discussions of scientific breakthroughs […]
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