Scientists have discovered that we build pathways in our minds for our fictional friends the same as for people we’ve actually met. (Article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-storytelling-animal/201206/the-power-fake-gay-and-black-friends ) So yes, you really can say Janet on the Good Place is your best friend. Read more
The number one most common answer when I asked “What should I blog about?” was “How do I get into Analog?” This is a rather presumptuous topic, considering I am not an editor nor in any way a part of Read more
My friend Louis was telling me about a fictional holiday on the TV show 30Rock called “Leap Day” — like February 29th was an actual holiday with a santa-like character associated with it and a traditional dish and observances… but Read more
Tuesday, May 12th, I woke up at 8:38am. I don’t use an alarm clock, I’m a natural riser, and I shoot for about 8:30 so I can get dressed and make a pot of tea and be at my laptop Read more
On the writing chat boards I frequent to complain about all my rejections, I’ve noticed a particular way of talking about rejections that needs to be addressed. We all want to know why a story has been rejected. WHY?? It Read more
I just signed my first ever novel contract, and many people are asking me how I went from manuscript to actual advance money! The bad news is we have to go waaaay back on this one: High School. I was Read more
1. When I was nine, I almost drowned a girl. We’d met that day, at the falls, and were instant friends in the way only nine-year-olds can be. Neither of us could swim. The river was shallow, all except that one spot at the Read more