If you are a writer, yes. In a very real sense what you do when you create a fictional world is neither more nor less than being a god of…Continue readingAre you a god?
Look, I fully understand that the world is a-changing. And in order to deal with that change, I am fully committed to the fact that my books, my stories, are…Continue readingAnd now, the REAL book!
Business of Ferrets – Image credit: Michael Lyons 50 Collective Nouns to Bolster Your Vocabulary Collective nouns may seem like quirky ways to describe groups, Lucas Reilly writes at Mental…Continue readingWorship of Writers
I mean heard my real voice, not the one you hear in your head when you read one of my books? No? Well here’s your chance.The Skiffy and Fanty podcast…Continue readingEver heard me?
Glaciers are melting, oceans are rising, and the male population is dwindling as temperatures continue to increase—at least in Japan, a new study shows. Japanese researchers found that in the…Continue readingGlobal warming = more girls
The best SF comedies At io9, Alasdair Wilkins and Charlie Jane Anders picked “The 13 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies Of All Time.” They left out one of my faves, Paul,…Continue readingBest SF comedies?
“DEARLY BELOVED, SAVE HUMANITY!” says the subject line on one the messages in my spam box. I am tempted to send an autoreply. “You have reached the Messiah Hotline. We…Continue readingSpamology et al
F. Scot Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda battled depression and led lives that eventually spun out of their control. They weren’t the only writers on that list, Cody Delistraty writes…Continue readingWhy are writers depressed?
Then forget champagne and candlelight dinners, Joni Rendon Shannon McKenna Schmidt write at the Daily Beast. Photo by Courtesy Everett Collection Writers—from Colette to Casanova to Raymond Chandler—and their significant…Continue readingWant to Seduce Like a Writer?
Dystopian fiction has enjoyed a renaissance, Jason Diamond writes at Flavor Wire. Fiction set in some post-apocalyptic world run by a totalitarian government has occupied the same place in the…Continue readingHave you read…?