Today’s wake-up call comes in the form of this letter – Dear Jackson, face everything and recover. Up and at ’em, wipe the sleep outta your eyes. When you started out, you wanted to re-invent your life. Jackson, without the demons and baggage. Jackson without the regrets and self-loathing. Writing, creating, making, doing – those…
Hooray – Superhero Shrink is now available as an audiobook in stores! Hours of work go into producing an audio short story *after* you actually write it. Here’s Jeremiah’s thread on Reddit where he talks a little more about that process. I’ll say what I said on Reddit here: “You did a great job and…
Let’s put the ugly stuff of the week behind us with this satire of “Star Wars” directed by Stanley Kubrick – a brilliant mash-up of 2001 with Star Wars: A New Hope. Take a look: Fun fact – Stanley Kubrick *loved* Star Wars. In fact, he could never understand why George Lucas gave up…
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No Sci-Friday this week but cool stuff to talk about below this video – On the Absence of Empathy – which sounds very similar to what I’ve said about empathy in other posts. Take a listen (note: he needs to put $$ in the swear jar after he finishes this): Pay close attention to what…
Remember when I said ‘we must be connected?‘ It turns out, Carl Sagan agrees with me – we are all connected – you can hear him say so in this new Symphony of Science video. Take a look: Now, if you’re wondering if the artist behind this video is the same guy who did the…
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I had another ‘Congratulations toxic fans: You played yourself’ moment this month. Whenever you see ‘Star Wars’ trending or a heated argument about Star Trek just ahead of a movie release, know that you’re seeing a marketing firm engaging in something called ‘fan-baiting.’ Now look: There was a I know that ‘toxic fans’ discussion isn’t…
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Got a lot of short story sales this week, so this is a short and sweet message: Hello to our new readers! Enjoy your Sunday, I hope it’s filled with rest and rejuvenation.
Remember in Tenet where they showed bullets landing before you pulled the trigger? Last week’s freaky Nobel Prize winner demonstrated this aspect of Tenet – whether you liked it or not – was scientifically accurate: our universe isn’t ‘locally real.’ ‘Locally real? What’s that? Who cares?’ Let’s discuss what that means from a nerdy scifi…
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In the race for human progress, the best technology doesn’t always win: that’s the point you’ll get learning about NERVA NASA’s Mars Dream starting back in the mid-1960s. What was the NERVA program? Why did Richard Nixon cancel the program in favor of the Space Shuttle? According to Wikipedia, the Nuclear Engine for Rocket…
This fast update is to inform you that I’m working on Mike Sierra Echo and submitting short stories, so I don’t have much to blog about at this time. I still love you, I’m just focusing on projects. Thanks for sticking with me.
