May 10th 2008
Panic
That’s what comes right after the sudden realization that you have a book coming out in three weeks. Panic because at that point there really is very little you can do to affect how your book will perform. The main things you can do for a book’s initial sales happen months to years before it […]
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May 9th 2008
Science vs. Fantasy: A False Dichotomy
There have been a number of books, movies, and tv shows presenting apparent conflicts between the scientific world view and that of the believers in the fantastic. Characterize this dichotomy on a science vs. fantasy spectrum, if you will.
I submit that many of these stories, with a few notable exceptions, have been unfair.
Science is a […]
May 5th 2008
Counting legs
There are days that I feel like that proverbial centipede - the one who could walk, nay, run, until the moment when someone asks, “How do you DO that with so many legs to control?” At which point the poor animal starts thinking about his locomotion on a leg-by-leg mechanical basis, what each leg is […]
May 4th 2008
12 Things to Avoid when under a Book Deadline
May Madness has begun. My kids’ schools jam everything possible into this month, I have two conferences/conventions to go to, and a book deadline in June. So instead of an insightful blog about writing or whatever… I’ve composed a list of 12 things to avoid when under a book deadline.
1. DVDs of Television shows - Yes, I’ve seen […]
May 3rd 2008
Bad Guys
As I writer, I’m fascinated by human motivation. Lately I’ve been really interested in how we respond to fear. A friend of mine said the other day, “sometimes you have to be the bad guy.” That struck a chord with me on several levels. No one wants to be the bad guy. Okay, maybe someone […]
What our authors are saying
Our members also have personal blogs. Here is what they are saying on their own websites lately:
- Error reading source feed. - FeedJumbler
- Recap #3 - noreply@blogger.com (Simon Haynes)
- playing god isn't as fun as it should be, sometimes
- Disturbing, Creepy Horror Pics? - Mike Brotherton
- Amazon Feature: Larry Nolen?s Review of Carlos Ruiz Zafón?s El Juego del Ángel - Jeff VanderMeer
- Happy Mother's Day...
- I got this catalogue in the mail yesterday.
- The day so far - kris@kristine-smith.com
- Graduation Day - davidbcoe
- Day Five: In which I enjoy actual English sunshine
- A Sunday roundup of random really good things, none of them writing related.
- I feel like an Oliver Sacks case - gregvan@gmail.com
- New bookmarks - noreply@blogger.com (Simon Haynes)
- Edroxy review of Crystal Rain - Tobias Buckell
- Mother?s Day Blogging - Jackie
- Do You Know Any Dangerous Vampires? - Jeff VanderMeer
- Anti-Cure for Insomnia? - Jeff VanderMeer
- ?Dignity? Follow-Up - Mike Brotherton
- Five Science Fiction Movies that get the Science Right - Mike Brotherton
- The Sickness of Theocon Bioethics - Mike Brotherton
- Local Weirdness: Man Wants Denver to Form Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission - Mike Brotherton
- LibraryThing ER - noreply@blogger.com (Simon Haynes)
- Et tu, Brute? - kris@kristine-smith.com
- Day - gregvan@gmail.com
Member's Writings
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