Today I discovered a trove of ‘writing men’ advice for female authors. This is a nice ‘flip side’ of the story I started a couple of years ago when I pivoted Mike Sierra Echo away from my original idea ‘Cinderellavator.’ Inclusivity is a great idea for everyone – that’s why I was glad to find…
Whoa – scary news this week – let’s use this moment personally: Be Rich, Live Poor. I don’t know what’s going to happen in the next thirty to ninety days, but I do know something about surviving tough times. There’s a brilliant Aussie phrase: Doing it tough. They’ve been using it for over a hundred…
Spotted this cool video discussing space elevator stuff – passing it along for Sci-Friday. Watch a down-to-earth breakdown of the out-of-this-world space transit system! I love the fact that he validates the premise of Mike.Sierra.Echo without even realizing it. “All of these ideas assume that we have a method of getting the material required into orbit …
I’m in a ‘Trust Your Struggle’ moment right now. Bene Brown’s ‘You can’t skip Day Two’ aphorism applies to GSBCW and other projects I’m working on and all I can do is trust my struggle. We’ve done the heavy leg work to set up a worldwide silent reading club and I’ve done all I can…
Dateline – Somewhere in the Kingdom of Eugene – Garbage cans rattle. Drunken voices. Bicycle tires. Squeaky wheels of a shopping cart – a late-night Target run or a homeless person’s migratory mischief? It’s a hot night in town, and the natives are restless. I keep one window open – not only for air but…
Let’s talk signs your scifi story sucks. If Jeff Foxworthy were a scifi nerd, he’d do a ‘your scifi story might suck’ bit on the Blue Collar Comedy tour. But he didn’t so, somebody’s got to protect nerds and geeks’ hard-earned dollars and geek time. I’m always looking for well-told, undersung scifi stories to champion…
This moment in the Author Journey is about wild publishing stories – indeed the kind of swill that makes a grown man weep and reach for the freelance writing gigs on Upwork. I have no use for suppositional arguments on the subject of writing. The work of storytelling and publishing is enough to tax the…
More GSBCW Silent Book Club options are coming in, this one thanks to Darlene Cypser, who turned me onto the Silent Pages Society in Denver Colorado. This April event will let you grab a free ticket on the North Metro Rail Line in Denver, and read in silence from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm on Friday,…
Every weird, nerdy kid has some stories – let’s start sharing them – this one will be about the Oregon Trail Tragedy. I decided to start telling stories about being a weird, nerdy kid in the Xennial 80s. Please feel welcomed to share some of your own. I’ll start with one of my tamer stories…
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Welcome to Sci-Friday, Hyper-Reality is a film about the cautionary problems of VR, augmented reality, and AI. Even though it came out in 2013, Hyper-Reality still feels fresh and vibrant, like the film came out yesterday. Take a look and then we’ll discuss. From the website: Our physical and virtual realities are becoming increasingly intertwined….
