Query Project: Real Queries From Real Authors

SF Novelists has a post with links to various queries from SF/F authors. Not sure what more to say other than that, but if you want to know how the pros do it, then you should go there and check it out. I mean it. These are real queries. You can learn how to do […]

Spectra Pulse Magazine?

I have a question for you all. Do you know anything about the Spectra Pulse Magazine? I was recently at Borderlands and discovered this free issue (the premiere issue for 2008 apparently) and decided to pick it up because it sounded interesting…and it was. In fact, I want to get more of it. It’s really […]

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 […]

The Mayans Rule

(Lifted from Beam Me Up) Archaeologists have discovered a labyrinth of tunnels/caves with Mayan pyramids and stone temples inside. Why is this cool? Because it just is. This is a major discovery that teaches us more about this mysterious lost culture. Here’s a quote: The discovery has experts wondering whether Maya legend inspired the construction […]

List Universe Tackles the Olympics

Want to know fifteen things about the Olympics that you probably didn’t know? Well List Universe has you covered here. One of my favorites: 13. The last running race added to the Ancient Games (after the addition of two longer distance races) was the hoplitodromos – in which competitors would run 400 or 800 yards […]

Poul Anderson: One of the Greats

If you’ve never read Poul Anderson, you’re missing out. I recently came across this article that profiles his work (discovered here).I’ve been a fan of Poul Anderson’s work for a long and have set out to collect all his printed works (I have most of them actually). His writing has always been inspiring to me. […]