Misinformation Fatigue
Like many of you, my life has been impacted by misinformation, especially during Covid.
critical thinking, Family
critical thinking, writer's life, Writing
Trigger Warning: Rant About Trigger Warnings Ahead
A discussion among authors around a list of suggested trigger warnings got me to thinking: how would the books that influenced me stack up to this list?
Creativity, writer's life, Writing
A Short Story Publishing Strategy, Sort of
Back when I was in university, I wrote some short fiction. I even got some backhand praise for it (“It’s too real, you’re writing a memoir and passing it off as fiction”), if not the best grades
Creativity, Writing
Story Evolution: A Pantser’s Journey
Hey plotters, ever wonder how a pantser creates? Here’s one perspective.
Creativity, Writing
On Developing Character Names
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.” Sure, but every writer knows that names are important.
critical thinking, Politics, Social Discourse, society
A Beginner’s Guide to Recognizing Colonialism
(Please note that although I write mostly science fiction, this post is about real world politics. Feel free to leave now).
Creativity, Writing
Hard Historical Fiction vs Soft Historical Fiction
It appears that the same divide that exists in science fiction also exists in historical fiction
writer's life, Writing
Writing Pitfall: Cool Solution Looking for a Problem
For the “Cool Solution looking for a Problem” to work, the experts in your story need to be smarter than your target audience
critical thinking, Space
Should we change the meaning of astronaut?
I met an astronaut once, and it wasn’t Richard Branson.
critical thinking, Politics, society
How an edit button would kill Twitter, maybe
I hope twitter never adds an edit button. The ramifications of it would probably kill Twitter.