Found some great writing advice for first-time authors and am passing it along for your use. When you first navigate the space of writing, communicating thoughts via words, you need some kind of roadmap for navigating the minefield of ‘how do I write *well*?’ writer-dude from Reddit has ya covered, fam. Take a look at…
And now for something totally familiar, yet totally different – Star Wars by Wes Anderson for this Sci-Friday. Is Star Wars getting ‘too Star Wars’ for you? Ready for a new way to enjoy the classic themes? Andersons’ films ‘are known for their eccentricity and unique visual and narrative styles.’ What if he directed a…
We haven’t done a Great Moments in Bad Storytelling in a while, but then I watched ‘Finch’ last night. Finch is a great moment in bad storytelling. Never let the big boys tell you that you don’t have what it takes. Even well-meaning A-list actors are capable of clunkers and Finch clunks harder than the…
If you remember Futurama’s Central Bureaucracy, you’ll be interested to know that it has foundation in Czech retrofuturism! The Central Social Institution of Prague is a retrofuturism paradise – Czech out (ha-ha!) this video (requires English CC translation”) for more information: According to RareHistoricalPhotos, “These are the offices of the Central Social Institution of Prague…
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[Trigger Warning: This article is about asking ChatGPT questions we’re afraid to ask – this edition is specifically about mass shootings.] I started working on this a month and three major mass shootings ago. Our boring dystopia no longer publicizes every mass shooting we experience. Mainstream society seems reluctant to discuss the problem, much less the…
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I saw this today and am passing it along – this is a depressing explanation for climate change – we’re in a human death spiral. Did you know that? Ants do it – ant death spirals are a natural phenomenon and if you step back and look at how humanity is handling climate change, some…
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Happy to say that Superhero Shrink: Climate Change is now available as a new scifi audiobook! I wrote the story several years ago, and I’m pleased to say it’s still dark, compelling, and interesting. Give it a listen – it’s available for free on Youtube – enjoy! I spent about 12 hours producing the…
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Ooh, do I have a treat for you – get set for some Scifi ASMR with Isaac Asimov’s ‘The Last Question’ as read by Leonard Nimoy. Maybe you’re a fan of scifi, maybe you need some downtime and ASMR to relax and fall asleep. Either way, Nimoy’s gentle-yet-powerful delivery will have you in scifi heaven….
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Happy Wednesday – exciting news to share – the Mike.Sierra.Echo is draft done and now beta editing is underway! This Spielberg-ian space elevator novel draft is now written and we take a moment to celebrate that. It’s not easy to write 72,000 words and if I’m being honest there were a lot of days I…
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Oh E.T. … how did you end up in the Scifi Product Integration Hall of Fame for Sci-Friday #179? The 80s were a weird time, man. Regan was in the White House, Anthony Michael Hall was the youngest cast member in the show’s history, and a poop-colored alien came on TV to sell us vitamins….
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