The deadline for submissions for the ArmadilloCon Writers’ Workshop is a month away. High time to plug it again.—The ArmadilloCon Writers’ Workshop has become a major event for aspiring SF/F […]
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Nothing In, Nothing Out: I’m Not Reading Enough
Back when I did the DFW Writer’s Conference last year, the keynote speaker said, in part of her keynote speech, “Stephen King reads four hours a day and writes four […]
Read moreSlept The Whole Way Interview
I was interviewed for my play for ScriptWork’s Out of Ink, opening this weekend. —Marshall Ryan Maresca’s SLEPT THE WHOLE WAY is part of Out of Ink: Sound Off, the […]
Read moreA less binary look at Genre Fiction Quality
Earlier this week, Strange Horizons reviewed Michael J. Sullivan’s Thief of Swords, in which the reviewer finds the book quite wanting. Her review is pointed and barbed, though entertainingly so. […]
Read moreWhatever you prefix to the -punk
My good friend Dan Fawcett has started up his own blog, kicking things off with a conversation about the various subgenres in SF/F that get called (prefix)punk. Dan, being much […]
Read moreInterstellar Worldbuilding: You are who your neighbors make you
My space opera stuff is all still in its building and outlining phase, but every once in a while I do a big push of figuring stuff out. And when […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Cultural Perception Filters
My current worldbulding/research read is “Spice: The History of a Temptation” by Jack Turner. It’s a fascinating look at how the search for spices drove European exploration, as most of […]
Read moreAutumn is Upon Us
Ah, September is here, and the leaves are changing color. Of course, I’m in Texas, and that has more to do with drought than seasonal changes. The temperatures here are […]
Read moreNPR’s Top 100, final list.
NPR has now put out it’s final list, based on the votes put in. Of my 10, seven made it in, with Lies of Locke Lamora and the Octavia Butler […]
Read morePre-ArmadilloCon, Part Two: Panels I’ll be attending
In addition to the panels I’ll be on, there are plenty of other panels I’m excited about. (Though possibly the one I’m most excited about, “The Second Book is the […]
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