Sci-fi Songs Does the Book Review Linkup Meme
You all remember that huge list of book review blogs that I posted not too long ago? Well, if you don’t remember it from here, you probably remember it from somewhere else, right? Well, the good folks at Sci-fi Songs have made a fantastic song about the meme, with the lyrics being the names of […]
Five Things Every Science Fiction Story Should Have
What makes a good science fiction story? What elements do you need? Well, the following list are what I think are necessary elements to every science fiction story, including elements that should be givens for stories in general. Feel free to disagree with me in the comments section of this post. In no particular order: […]
Question to Readers About Content
Two things:First, I’ve recently discovered an interesting little widget that allows readers (and presumably passersby) to make suggestions for content. I’m down for it, but I would like your opinions on the matter. The widget is called Skribit and allows for anonymous suggestions and should be relatively unobtrusive. Would you use it to make suggestions […]
Ten Reasons Why SF Is Still Awesome
Science fiction isn’t dying, contrary to what people are saying (about literature, I mean)–it might be losing some ground, but proclaiming it on the verge of death is like saying books themselves are dying, which is another can of worms that people really need to research before babbling doomsday theories about. With that in mind, […]
Blogging Collab Idea
It was brought to my attention that some of you out there were curious about my blogging collaboration idea. I’ve actually already started working on this idea with another blogger (Tycho Garen, in specific). Basically it would work something like this:Two or three individuals (or more, I suppose; for the sake of this discussion, though, […]
New Years Resolutions for 2009 (Writing Edition)
I’ve never really done the whole “New Years resolution” thing, but I thought it would be fun to do this year for reasons that escape me. So, I’m doing it. The following are what I am going to do by the end of 2009: Write 200,000 words. This will include non-fiction and fiction, but will […]