Grab a hot drink and settle in – it’s time to talk about why I’m going back to the drawing board with my scifi novel. It’s taken me a few days to get enough emotional distance to talk about this objectively. I killed Cinderellavator as my next novel project so I could let it be…
Hi folks – working through some deep-level author stuff which I’ll talk about in a few. Right now I want to pass along some cool scifi writing ideas in the form of a question: What is intelligence vs sentience? Redditor zeFrogLeaps answers this for us below. Let’s read their brilliant comment and then discuss what…
Okay kids, time to disrupt some narratives. I know the story we’re telling ourselves is ‘The Adam Project’ sucked. Instead, let’s talk about why The Adam Project contains enough positives to be considered as one of the great moments in storytelling. “What, are you crazy?” No, I’m quite serious. I came to the movie with…
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Today’s sage scifi discussion concerns social constructs and science fiction. What’s a social construct? Simple – A social construct is something that exists not in objective reality, but as a result of human interaction. It exists because humans agree that it exists. Another way of looking at this concept is through W.I. Thomas’s notable Thomas theorem which…
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As a science fiction writer, sometimes you’ll finish something and go: “What Magazines Should I Submit To?” I combed through the Submission Grinder website to find this list of SFWA-recognized short story publishers. I hope you find them useful. Galaxy’s Edge / Lightspeed / Uncanny / Nature: Futures / Escape Pod / Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF) / Daily Science Fiction / Clarkesworld / Cast of Wonders / Asimov’s Science Fiction / Apex Magazine / Analog Science…
Yeah, I know I said it was silly to think Elon Musk would buy Twitter. His seemingly obvious attention grab turned into sickening reality with the news we all received this week. Where do we go from here? TBH, I’m prepping for a post-Twitter universe and I’m not the only one. Here’s what the NYT said:…
Click Here to Read Part I – As I said in the previous post, science fiction isn’t just a genre, it isn’t just a community, or a hobby. It’s a tool, it’s a weapon in the war against our dystopian reality. We can weaponize this power to slay these monstrous problems, and it’s why I…
Oh man, somebody pull the civilization fire alarm. Call the police, call the government, call somebody. Look at what our world has become – do you remember that mass shooting in Sacramento on Sunday? Did you hear Noam Chomsky say ‘We’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history?‘ Did you see the UN warning…
Yes, I’ve been radio silent – thanks for working with me. I’ve been heads-down on Cinderellavator and this gives me an opportunity for a Beta Testing Sneak Preview of the upcoming project. Beta testing is a valuable part of any writer’s process, because it gives you insight on how your project might be received by…
Ran across a discussion on Reddit that made me think about the process of being an author. When discussing sage scifi, it’s important to acknowledge that listening to criticism is hard but we should do it anyway. From a neuroscience perspective, criticism kicks off a number of potential responses. “When our self-esteem is threatened — when…
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