The Futility of Trying to Write Something New
My writing is going to be BIG! I have heard, and seen in various forums for writers online, the same basic question posed dozens of times. “How do I write something that hasn’t been written before?”...
View ArticleI’m Having a Hard Time Getting Excited About [Insert Name of Upcoming Science...
…because Hollywood is all about the special-effects-porno when it comes to science fiction and fantasy right now. Seriously, it’s all about the cool effects, the explosions, the slow-mo pan, the lens...
View ArticleHoly Plot!
(This post originally appeared on my Patreon, on 30 January 2016. You can see the post there, or see why I’m on Patreon (hint: I FIGURED OUT WHAT I WANT TO DO WHEN I GROW UP YAAAY BUT OH MONEY YEAH I...
View ArticleGenre Is Small — inspired by the Star Wars Greeks of Travis Durden
Some art that made me say, “cool!” and a few tweets led to some bigger thoughts on genre writing – which is a pretty normal thing, small ideas leading to larger ones, if you’ve done some writing or...
View ArticleOverheard Through an Apartment Wall in a City Orbiting Jupiter
This is a little flash story I cobbled together while feeling adventurous about format and framing of stories. And, as usual, about the future. It seemed fitting to post it following the arrival of the...
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