Switching Gears?

I have been putting a lot of thought into my writing as of late. I’ve already made one major gear shift in the direction of my writing, focusing on more fantasy shorts than science fiction shorts. The reason for that was brought to my attention by my girlfriend, who noted that a lot of my […]

The Fantasy Novelist’s Exam: My Answers and Results

Discovered this here the other day and thought I should do it too. The list itself is from here. I’m going to answer the questions based on WISB rather than anything else I’ve written. Here goes:1. Does nothing happen in the first fifty pages?No. A lot happens in the first and second chapters, all within […]

Literary SF: Thanks For Suggestions

I want to thank all of you who have been kind enough to offer me suggestions for literary SF titles (the original post is here). I’m going to list it all here for your amusement: (Larry’s suggestions)John Crowley’s works–Aegypt, Little/Big, etc.Gene WolfeUrsela Le GuinJ. G. BallardAdam Roberts (have one of his books) (Tim Walters’ suggestions)J.G. […]

Ask the Bloggers Series: Question #4 (I’m in it!)

Yet another batch of answers has been put up on Grasping For the Wind. This time the question was: What has been your most rewarding moment as a blogger? So check it out here and enjoy! (Don’t click the read more, there isn’t any more after this!)

Ask the Bloggers Series: Question #3 (I’m in it!)

This is slightly old news now (and John did repost my responses as a guest post while I was on vacation), but I figure you all would like to see the answers to his third question, since I’m in it and so are bunches of others. A lot of great points are made and I […]

Need Your Help: Literary SF?

I need your help, everyone. I’m considering doing an independent study course on literary SF and I’ve come to the realization that I don’t really know of any literary SF. So far my potential options include Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow, which I’m told is SF, and something by Haruki Murakami (possibly Kafka on the Shore, […]