12 hours of unabridged fun. Wells’ Martian invasion as witnessed by various luminaries of the time, told by the likes of Connie Willis, Robert Silverberg, Walter Jon Williams, and yours truly in “Blue Period:” a young Picasso watches the tripods lay waste to Paris and works on his portfolio.
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Audio version of “War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches”
Posted in Fun, Science Fiction, Web, Writing and Publishing on March 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Teaching Advanced Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing at Gotham online; class starts 4/16
Posted in Fun, Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on March 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Here’s the syllabus:
| Session | Topic |
| #1 | Introduction and Recap A brief introduction to SFF 2, and a recapitulation of the elements of fiction discussed in SF1 |
| #2 | Suspension of DisbeliefIn which we discuss how to persuade your gentle readers to enter the fictive dream. |
| #3 | The Story QuestionIn which we discuss this very important question that defines the heart of your story. |
| #4 | Conflict A great followup to the story question. Conflict is the prevention of fulfillment and is the gasoline for your story’s engine. |
| #5 | Narrative, Dialog, Action In which we delve into using narrative, dialog, and action scenes to advance the story |
| #6 | Exposition and Theory In which we discuss paradigms for various forms of speculative fiction, and then get sane again with a discussion of exposition and how to introduce it into a story |
| #7 | Story Logic It’s one damn thing after another. |
| #8 | Advanced Worldbuilding More worldbuilding … |
| #9 | Details Sweating the small stuff |
| #10 | Revision This topic subject to change without notice |
Burning through the Nebula novel shortlist
Posted in Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on March 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Gotta say, Fowler and Griffith are head and shoulders above a very strong field. Both remarkable books, utterly different. If either of them wins, we all do.
Where’s Daniel at Fogcon?
Posted in Fun, Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on March 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Friday, 4:30-5:45 PM, Contra Costa Ballroom: Reading
Saturday, 3:00-4:15 PM, Sacramento: Panel, Why Aren’t My Stories Selling?
Saturday, 4:30-5:45 PM, Salon A/B: Panel, Just because she’s a manic pixie in black leather, doesn’t stop her being The Angel in the House
Sunday, 1:30 – 2:45 PM, Salon A/B: Panel, Secrets in Science
Aside from the above, I will be generally about for most of the weekend, especially Friday Night Karaoke!
Posted in Fun, Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on February 25, 2014| 1 Comment »
Just got my contributor’s copies of the March/April 2014 Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It’s an incredible kick to be published in a magazine I read when I was a kid thinking how cool it would be to write this stuff someday. It’s also incredibly humbling to be sharing an issue with the likes of Ron Goulart and Gordon Eklund, to name only a couple of the fine authors in this issue.
Posted in Fun, Pop Culture, Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on February 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Random Acts of Senseless Violence, by Jack Womack
Posted in Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on February 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I was delighted to find this underappreciated gem on Kindle. It is every bit as powerful and unsettling as I remember from its 1995 release. Twelve year old Lola Hart chronicles her coming of age in Manhattan amidst economic ruin, open warfare in the streets, and the disintegration of her family. It’s rather baffling how little critical attention this received when it first came out. Check it out.
RT @Liz_Hand @JackeMorrisArt Writers’ Notebooks
Posted in Web, Writing and Publishing on February 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Very cool blog post: http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/writers-notebooks/
New short story in F&SF
Posted in Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on February 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »
“Albion Upon the Rock” appears in the Mar-Apr 2014 F&SF. Dan Bob says check it out.
Please help SF author Jay Lake
Posted in Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on February 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »
