For the curious reader of science fiction (scifi) and fantasy
Okay, I haven’t actually abandoned this blog, though you might be forgiven for wondering. Just had a really busy week, is all. So, my last entry netted a number of questions, which I’m now going to take a shot at … Read More
Some years ago, I created an online course in SF and fantasy writing, aimed primarily at high school and middle school students, called Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy. It was published on CD by a company called MathSoft, and eventually … Read More
I haven’t written anything until now about the disastrous hurricane and the terrible aftermath because, truthfully, I didn’t know what to say about this horrific event that others haven’t already said better. But I received an email from an SF … Read More
My last blog entry generated more than a dozen spam comments, most of them probably deposited by blog-prowling robot programs. Thank you, you jerks, for trying to ruin something that other people are supposed to enjoy. Following advice from Blogspot, … Read More
Okay, I’ve survived a month of house guests (hi! very nice house guests!), home renovation, a new back yard construction project dreamed up by my wife and her dad, children who want to stay up all night “writing” (read, playing … Read More
Some of you may remember the Eames film “Powers of Ten,” which dramatically showed changes of scale from the microscopic to the cosmic. I don’t think you can view the film on the web, though you can read about it … Read More
This is a question Harry raised: When you’re writing a story, is it better to rewrite as you go—getting the beginning right, for example, before you move on to the next scenes—or is it better to get the whole story … Read More