My friend and co-author, Marina Fontaine blogs about her upcoming story, Exile in the soon to be released MAGA:2020 & Beyond. When I first heard of a pro-Trump anthology intended to show the bright side of Trump’s election, I was curious about the concept, but had no thought of contributing. For one, stories of a… Continue reading A Russian immigrant’s musings on utopia
Tag: Writing
Coming Nov. 8, 2017…Dolus Magnus: The Great Hoax
The first time I heard the term, GIGO, was in my machine language class—no, we weren't using abaci or slide rules (we'd given those up the year before). It's an acronym that stands for "garbage in, garbage out" and it's meant to convey the simple idea, that no matter how good your algorithm, if the… Continue reading Coming Nov. 8, 2017…Dolus Magnus: The Great Hoax
My first post at superversivesf.com
Check out my first post for the wonderful people at Superversive SF. -Hard Sci-fi Made Me Cry- Tired of the remakes, the reboots, the “let’s see how much more blood we can squeeze out of this turnip” output of today’s Hollywood? I think you’ll find Passengers a refreshing change.
Learning experience: The right way to do first person
I just finished reading Karen Marie Moning's Darkfever, the first book in her Fever series. Two things precipitated the purchase: recommendation from a friend and part of my continuing education (specifically following Dean Wesley Smith's advice to read for pleasure and then study the pleasurable reads from long-time, best-selling authors). Moning's Darkfever met both those… Continue reading Learning experience: The right way to do first person
More on serving the needs of drama
In fiction, flashbacks are scenes that take place in the past (i.e. not current/running story time) and some readers (supposedly) hate them so much they skip them. Here's a great "flashback" from L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright, on "...the constant struggle between the efforts to entertain and the efforts to spread a message." Even if you're the kind of… Continue reading More on serving the needs of drama
Seeing the light on romance
I have to admit, the last person I thought I'd see with an essay in Ardeur: 14 Writers on the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series was L. Jagi Lamplighter. I'd read several of the books in the Anita Blake series after a co-worker got me hooked. I did not stay a devotee of the series. I honestly… Continue reading Seeing the light on romance
When words don’t add up
I understand word count limitations. I really do. After administering a contest, how could I not? First, you have to be able to do an apples-to-apples comparison, and second, there are still--despite numerous sacrificial offerings consisting of REM cycles, fluffy cotton sheets, and clock parts--only 24 hours in a day. So here I am, happily… Continue reading When words don’t add up
I should go to Vegas more often.
While we were in Lost Wages--I mean, Las Vegas--last week, I got a publication offer. I signed the contract today AND I'm putting the finishing touches on an urban fantasy short story. It's a bit tongue-in-cheek, aimed at UF tropes, and courtesy of a few half-days stuck in a hotel room.
Poor little rich girl
An excellent piece on the state of writing. “Why won’t they love me?!” It’s said that schadenfreude is an unworthy sentiment. But after reading this tearful piece, I must confess that my schadenboner is prodigious. Fe… Source: Poor little rich girl
