writing
Write to the hand. . .
I go on about plot and worldbuilding a lot, because those are my strengths. Both are similar in that they’re largely exercises in logic— taking a premise, either in the environment or the story itself, and just following the consequences Read more…
science fiction
I finally saw the Lost finale
I can see why a lot of people would hate it. But then, again, there are certainly arguments for what they did end up doing. Me, I teared up during the episode, had a bit of a WTF when Christian Read more…
photos
And Summer also…
As a follow-up to the post where I built a bunch of raised boxes for the veggie garden. Here’s the garden today: And here are some planters with herbs, and some homemade earth boxes I made last year.
book covers
Whew, that was close…
In the interstitial time between finishing the Messiah draft, and working on the rewrite, I’m working on a few book proposals to shop around since I’ve become a free agent. One of those book proposals has a tentative title Timewalker. Read more…
blatant self-promotion
Me, elsewhere
I melded my mind on the SF Signal blog again. My contribution re: underrated fantasy series: Ok, I’m going to cheat a little here, because there was once a time when if you were talking a fantasy series, you were Read more…
speculation
A little reminder. . .
A little bit of a reality check for those of us who write about SF futures, or just think about the future in general. This snazzy 21st Century lifestyle we’ve become accustomed to is based on an extremely long supply-chain. Read more…
Apotheosis Trilogy
Going out with a bang
It is done! The last volume of the Apotheosis Trilogy, Messiah, has just wrapped up at 103K words. (About 3000 words over my mark, which means the final revised draft is going to be even longer.) We have officially capped Read more…
internet
Fan Fiction is Evil!
At least that’s the conclusion that Diana Gabaldon has come to. OK, my position on fan-fic is pretty clear: I think it’s immoral, I _know_ it’s illegal, and it makes me want to barf whenever I’ve inadvertently encountered some of Read more…