Cassiopeia A is a famous supernova remnant, the product of a gigantic explosion of a massive star about 350 years ago. Although discovered in radio observations 50 years ago, we now know that its emitted radiation spans from radio through high-energy gamma rays. It is also one of the few remnants for which the birth […]
Read More Cosmic RadiationSlow Apocalypse by John Varley My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read for the Apocalypse Now! Reading Challenge and the Second Best Reading Challenge. Method of the world’s destruction: an engineered bacteria is released into Iraqi oil fields by a lovelorn scientist as vengeance, which mutates to become an airborne pathogen that solidifies all liquid […]
Read More Book Review: Slow Apocalypse by John VarleyI absolutely had to share this one, since I am both! Good stuff!
Read More 15 Similarities Between Writers & Mediums #MondayBlogs #AmWritingThis article is part of the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. Each week, we tackle one of the scientific or technological concepts pervasive in sci-fi (space travel, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, etc.) with input from an expert. Please join the mailing list to be notified every time new content is posted. About the Expert Hayley Stone received a Bachelor’s degree in […]
Read More 5 Facts About the American Old WestBy Theodora Goss It probably sounds as though this is going to be a blog post about taking risks in writing. After all, look at the title: “Writing Without a Net.” But it’s not. It’s going to be a post about writing without financial security, which is something I’ve been thinking about a lot and […]
Read More Writing Without a NetgiANTS by Edward Bryant My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read for the 12 Awards in 12 Months Challenge and the Big Fun in a Little Package Novella Challenge Winner of the Nebula Award 1979. I read this in a collection of Nebula winning stories edited by Frank Herbert. I see why it won the […]
Read More Book Review: giANTS by Edward BryantBy M.J. Bush Tough NaNoWriMo? Feeling lost and haunted by wordcounts unmet? Or wishing NaNo was your thing in the first place? I see you. There’s hope. Writing doesn’t need a strict timeline to happen. There doesn’t have to be some grand “starting day” for words to start hitting the page, and there certainly doesn’t […]
Read More 103 Bracing Quotes to Propel You Through Your First DraftGood fuel for stories, whether there’s any truth to them or not!
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