The long, painful journey from long fiction to short
A year ago I would have told you that I can’t write short fiction, that I need to write stories […]
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Book Review, Movie Review, Star Trek
Artificial Intelligence: Malicious in Movies, Benevolent in Books
Why is it that the portrayal of artificial intelligence in movies and books are contradictory? Almost universally, movies portray AI
Jurassic World
What’s up with Jurassic World’s Blue Raptor?
If you haven’t been watching the trailers for Jurassic World, well, good for you. I’m not too keen on this
Creativity, Uncategorized, Writing
Evolution of a story, part 2: How ‘Honey Bees & Blackholes’ became ‘Long-Term Storage’
Long-Term Storage was the third of my four drabbles published on the site SpeckLit in 2015. It’s only 100 words
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Self-publishing vs Traditional Publishing: A Career Decision
The hardest part of being a writer is finding the time to do a good job of it. Writing is
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Flash Fiction – the challenge of 100 word stories
There is a branch of fiction writing that is getting more and more popular: Flash Fiction. These are complete stories
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Crossing Porous Borders
I grew up in Canada with the firm belief that borders were sacrosanct. You couldn?t treat them lightly. Then I
Creativity, Writing
What Can Scalzi’s First Novel Teach New Authors?
Whether you love him or hate him, John Scalzi is incredibly influential and is probably the highest-paid science fiction writer
errata
From the Information Age to the Manipulation Age in Three Easy Steps
The information age was supposed to be the great liberator, making the concept of workplace and even nationality moot. Of