Came across this article on io9: 10 Worst Mistakes that Authors of Alternate History Make An interesting read, and some good tips to work on if you might be thinking of working on a novel that plays with history. …not that I know anyone planning to do that. …Really. Oh, and they added this one [...]
The cake is now baked, the whisky’s been poured And downed as we wrapped the whole Christmas hoard. It’s way, way too late as we stumble to bed, Hoping to lie down and sleep like the dead, But knowing that soon the child will arise, And wake us all with her loud, happy cries. It’s [...]
I received an email today from Kevin Newland Scott, who was participating in Deck the Halls: Grown-Up Storytime at the Salem Public Library in Salem, Oregon. And there, he read my story, “A Visit from Cousin Charles.” (which you can find here) A quote from his email: Everyone wanted to know where I had found [...]
What if there were a technology that would allow you to learn how to do new things with no conscious effort? According to scientists at Boston University and ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, it might be possible. Click the link above to read the whole article, and then imagine opening your eyes in [...]
I wrote 50,440 words. I also took 6 days to recover. The question is, was it worth it? The answer is, I’m not sure (how decisive of me, eh?). Yes, I wrote 50,000+ words on my new novel. On a normal month I write around 20-25,000. So I doubled my output. The problem was, it [...]
From the website Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal:
You gave me dreams of dragons. Anne McCaffery, 1926-2011
This weekend is SFContario! I’m tearing myself away from NaNoWriMo (32,819 words, by the way, which puts me past last year’s count. YAY!) to staff the Dragon Moon Press table, which this year will feature: When the Hero Comes Home (anthology), edited by Gabrielle Harbowy and Ed Greenwood Small Magics and Cold Magics by Erik Buchanan (of [...]
As I mention from time to time, I’m a fight director and an actor. About a week ago, my friend Kevin Robinson, a stunt coordinator, asked me to come out and stunt-double for an actor on a show he is working on. So I said yes. The video is a bit dark, but that’s me, [...]
Congratulations to J.M. Frey for making the list with her great debut novel! Looking forward to seeing many more good books from you. Here’s the link! And in case you don’t know about Triptych, learn more and buy it here. Well done, J.M.! See you at SFContario!
