Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr. My rating: 5 of 5 stars SPOILER ALERT! Read for the 12 Awards in 12 Months Reading Challenge, the Big Fun in a Little Package Novella Challenge, the Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge, and the Apocalypse Now! Reading Challenge at Worlds Without End. I could […]
Read More Novella Review: Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr.It seems that I’ve been hearing an awful lot about pulp fiction, especially pulp sci-fi, recently! All of a sudden it’s like everyone’s talking about it! As I’ve mentioned, I’m doing some writing for the Tales of the Stellar Deep RPG, which is clearly rooted in pulp sci-fi and horror. All of a sudden people […]
Read More Is Pulp Fiction Making a Comeback?Just a reminder that this great community indie author event is happening RIGHT NOW! Come join a plethora of awesome authors for fun, sneak peaks, contests and giveaways! (I’ll be on tonight at 11:30 pm to 12:3o am). 🙂
Read More By Any Means Necessary is Happening Now!The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read for the I Just Have to Read More of That Author Reading Challenge, the Military Spec-Fic Reading Challenge, the Giants of Genre: A Long Book Challenge, the Read the Sequel Reading Challenge, and the Space Opera Reading Challenge at Worlds Without […]
Read More Book Review: The Shadow of Saganami by David WeberMy playlist for writing my near-future space thriller The Cloud. A lot of the music in this list is suspenseful as opposed to action-oriented to capture the mood.
Read More Space Music PlaylistDo you ever wonder what writers listen to when they write? For me it depends on the nature of the story I’m telling, and its setting. For the Wyrd West Chronicles I like to listen to spaghetti western theme music, epic fantasy and game music written in a similar style, a handful of steampunk music […]
Read More A Weird West PlaylistAnd Canada too, I think. Or maybe it rubs off on us. Seems particularly poignant at this moment in history.
Read More The Cult of IgnoranceSo I figured it was time I talked a bit about my own writing, because I’m excited about it and I want other people to get excited about it! I’ve got a few irons in the fire right now: I’m working on two novels at the moment. The one I’m giving my most immediate attention […]
Read More A Note on Upcoming Projects!The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words. Ursula K. Le Guin
Read More What the Novelist SaysA Momentary Taste of Being by James Tiptree Jr. My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read in Star Songs of An Old Primate as part of a few reading challenges: Big Fun in a Little Package Novella Challenge and the Women of Genre Fiction Challenge. The collection is also being read for the LGBTQ Reading […]
Read More Novella Review: A Momentary Taste of Being by James Tiptree Jr.
