blog topic suggested by Nyla Bright. “Everyone says the writing in romance novels is bad but in my experience it’s no worse than a lot of genre fiction. The people it bothers the most are those not engaged— Or better Read more
My mom always had a garden. Her mom always had a garden before her, and for a time they were one in the same, as we lived with my grandparents. I have fond memories of snapping peas with grandma on Read more
That endings should be “surprising yet inevitable” has been often quoted writing advice (some attribute it to Flannery O’Connor, but I cannot verify that.) My friend and fellow science fiction writer Charles Oberndorf – a more accessible source – said to Read more
Blog topic suggested by Zac Crofford. This isn’t entirely a rant. An anti-rant? This is a happy rant. I frickin’ love fonts, and I love when I open a book and the typeface is pleasing to my eyes. Unlike many Read more
Expletives are a shorthand for emotion, and modern American speech is peppered with them. I tried to remove “god” from my vocabulary a few years ago, since, as an atheist, I felt I was being disingenuous. I started saying “Gort” Read more
My dear friend and a fantastic author and mathematician, Ursula Whitcher, is launching her first short story collection, North Continent Ribbon as part of Neon Hemlock’s 2024 novella series. Ursula is quiet and casual and unassuming, just as she was Read more
You might wonder why I spend so much time going to science fiction conventions. Is it really worth the entrance fee, the driving, the exhaustion, to talk about science fiction all weekend long with various fellow-nerds? I mean… YES. But Read more