Failing again. Failing better.
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…
So in the past, I have written about setting up rules for the system of magic in your story. In my experience, creating rules that limit the magic in your story forces you to be more creative with your system, thereby improving your story as a whole. But how do you pick the ways to…
On Tuesday, io9.com posted a link to a story about a very interesting dinosaur discovery. I’ll let io9.com cover the specifics, but it appears that an early ancestor of all dinosaurs was feathered, indicating that feathers may have evolved far earlier than previously thought–and that dinosaurs may not have looked like we have thought. That…
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…
First, let me say that my first Nebula Awards Weekend was amazing. I want to thank the SFWA (Science Fiction Writers Association), particularly Ms. Peggy Rae Sapienza, Mr. Steven Silver, and all the volunteers. This was a great event, and if you have a chance to go to a future Nebula Awards Weekend, I highly…