In the earliest days of this blog, I talked about my “fantasy manifesto“, and part of it was, “Do Not Copy And Paste Cultures“. I still believe in that fundamental […]
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Future Worldbuilding: Geopolitics in the Interstellar (Part Three)
Borders are a hell of a thing in three dimensions. They aren’t lines, of course. They aren’t usually even walls. If anything, they’re planes where spheres intersect. I made a […]
Read moreSci-fi and Fantasy, Loud and Proud
Over the weekend I read this blog post by Matt Debenham on What Writers Can Learn from Purple Rain, and it’s brilliant. And not just because Purple Rain may be […]
Read moreFuture Worldbuilding: Geopolitics in the Interstellar (Part Two))
Last time, I talked about working out every culture’s homeworld, how advanced they are, and when they achieved FTL tech. So, knowing that, the rest is simple, right? Whoever has […]
Read moreFuture Worldbuilding: Geopolitics in the Interstellar (Part One)
Now, if you’ve been following me for a while, you know I take working out the geography pretty seriously. I’ve built out a 150 light-year radius from Earth, and while […]
Read moreEverything You Wanted To Know About Worldbuilding
Some time ago, I posted links to my various Worldbuilding posts. I’ve written quite a lot more of them since then, so it was high time to reorganize. It occurs […]
Read moreThe Failure of Book Trailers, and the Rare Exception
As I’ve mentioned before, book trailers are something I’m of two minds about. As a novelist with a film degree, I really like the idea of them. But, also, as […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Villains Made of Straw
One of the easiest traps a writer can fall into is making their villains just be wrong. Especially if your story has some kind of political slant to it. I […]
Read moreStory Sale and other Small Victories
So, to start, I got excellent news on New Year’s Day. Namely, I sold a short story, “Jump the Black“, to Rick Klaw’s upcoming anthology “Rayguns Over Texas“. Rayguns is […]
Read moreGoals for the Coming Year
So, from my clock, 2012 has a mere 13 hours and change left to it. 2013 is coming, so its high time to set some unrealistic goals for the year: […]
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