Failing again. Failing better.
Ever since I read Charlie Jane Anders’s short story “Six Months, Three Days,” I’ve been looking forward to her novel, All the Birds in the Sky. I have been a fan of her work on io9 for ages, but that was the first time I had read her fiction, and it only made me want…
I’ve been working on a new project. Like many proto-stories, I have a few scenes in mind, some setting details, and some characters. And, as I’ve talked about before, I’m an outliner. And each time I outline a story, I aim to make it better, stronger, a really solid outline–one that can demonstrate conflict, pacing,…
So after a lot of posting on here about how excited I was for Looper (See, e.g., here, here, or here), I’m surprised it took me this long to actually see it. I don’t know if this is a result of my disappointment in Prometheus, a busy schedule, or what. But I finally saw it.…
Over the weekend, this year’s Hugo winners were announced. Tor.com provided the complete list of Hugo nominees and winners. You can also read some of the winning pieces online for free. Here is a link to Best Novelette, “Six Months, Three Days,” by Charlie Jane Adams (twitter). And here is a link to Best Short…
Big-Hearted Characters Think and Joke their Way through a Broken Reality REDSHIRTS, the latest book by John Scalzi (blog, Twitter) doesn’t come out until June 5, but fans of Star Trek, sci fi, comedy, and Scalzi’s nerdy snark should pre-order the book now. One of the classic Star Trek tropes was that when an away…