Nowadays, it can feel like the precious societal progress we thought we’d achieved has been inexorably slipping backwards. Extreme conservatism and hate in the US, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the unwillingness to act to ensure our species’ survival keep…
Now that the trailer for the second season of Star Trek: Picard is upon us, I feel the time is right to unleash a rant about my one big gripe with season one, which I enjoyed overall. So Timely Yes,…
Discussing our craft feels small and unimportant at the moment. Protests over the deaths of George Floyd and so many others have been taking place all over the country for more than a week. They are even now erupting in…
It’s been a while since I wrote on my blog. What have I been up to since last we met? A novel, twice finished These past few months, I was working on my first novel. Again. I previously thought it…
Mass Effect 3 may be several years old, but its ending is infamous in the world of video games. It spawned a wealth of memes upon its release for just how bad it was, and deservedly so. Many factors come…
Books take a lot of work. Months ago, I declared my first novel complete. The manuscript had gone through two full drafts, many changes, and as much revision as it took for the text to feel finished. I was proud…
Advice on this matter varies. In his book On Writing, Stephen King alleges he starts the day writing and does nothing else until he has put 2,000 words to the page. This amounts to doing NaNoWriMo all year long. Even…
Last year, Disney decided to put the brakes on Star Wars, one of the biggest franchises in its portfolio. The stars stopped streaking as the hyperdrive shuddered to a halt. This move, namely slowing or stopping development on more prequel…
Picture planets floating close together in space, within reach of your giant, disembodied hand. If you would rather keep the laws of physics intact, you are standing in a black room, and all around you, planet-spheres of various colours hang…
Should you write an outline for your book? This question is of interest to many early writers, and for good reason: building an outline and proceeding without one imply very different styles of writing. Planning Your Trip Having an outline…
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