Five Irritating Things About Other Writers (part two)
Irritation, it seems, is not limited to five things. Here is another list of irritating things about other writers (plus Part One and Part Three). Enjoy: People who think that free publication is the same as being published in a professional magazine. It’s not. Stop pretending that your free podcast fiction piece that nobody paid […]
Five Irritating Things About Other Writers (part one)
Sometimes in this thing called the “writing life” you can’t help but be annoyed by the things going on in the profession you wish to be a part of. Call it jealousy in some cases or just being a jerk, but as a budding writer I find the following things to be discouraging, frustrating, and […]
Top Posts For November
I decided I should start doing this until I can figure out a good way to put top posts on my blog. Here are the top ten posts for the month of November (for all the old folks and new folks out there): What If Dragons Were Real? The Terminator Movies: Why the Robots Lost…Badly […]
Otherism: The Dissection of Humanity and the Human in Science Fiction Film
The title is a mouthful, but represents the core idea behind the research project for which I received a monetary grant from UC Santa Cruz. Given that, I give my the proposal for my research project: What is the human? What does it mean to be human? These are questions that motivate many, if not […]
Research Award Received!
Just thought all of you would like to know that I am officially a recipient of UC Santa Cruz’s Humanities Undergraduate Research Award (HUGRA)! It’s given out to ten people each year who propose an interesting topic. My topic was on a science fiction subject. I’ll post my proposal if anyone would like to see […]
Peggy’s Qs and My As (about science fiction)
I’m not sure if Peggy of Biology in Science Fiction wanted professional science fiction writers. If so, then I guess she can ignore my answers. If not, then here are my answers to her questions for science fiction writers (if you’re a science person, go check out her questions for science writers): Why are you […]