A year of reading an author named Alma A few days ago, I posted a monthly reading list of novels about transcending loss, discovering the past, glimpsing the future, or…Continue readingA Duchess of Fantasy 12-month Book List
I don’t write short novels. As a rule. Most of them are quite long, some behemoths. In fact my epic fantasy novel (with the original title for the whole thing…Continue readingHow long should it be?
Science Fiction in the 2nd and 21st Centuries Lucian of Samosata’s ‘True Stories‘, written in the 2nd Century, might be the first science fiction novel, Tibi Puiu writes at ZME…Continue readingSF then and now
Yes there are dozens of things you can throw at writers. They’ll always find a use for notebooks, they’ll love a fancy pen (even if many don’t write with one…Continue reading5 Gifts for a writer
This year’s Worldcon report might as well have been entitled “Never yell fire in a crowded theater.” Well, almost. I need to break it down into subheads for you to…Continue readingThe Worldcon That Was
With my first time travel novel, AbductiCon, now out, the following story quite naturally caught my eye. And maybe someday, someone will want to make a movie out of it.…Continue readingIs now the time?
Lovereading.co.uk has created an infographic for language enthusiasts called “15 Words You Never Knew Came from Literature.” Some of the books featured in this image include The Hobbit, Catch-22, and…Continue reading15 Words