Tim was asking which of my books I think has the best movie potential. The short answer is: all of them. But I suppose you’d rather have the longer answer. I thought so. Well, I have long felt that Star … Read More
Which Book, Which Book?
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
Write SF
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
Hurricane Katrina and America
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
Blog Scum
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
. . . and I’m Taking the Cat
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
New Movie Showing Powers of Ten
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