We Still Have A Long Way To Go!

I was originally going to do this as a video blog, but decided the subject couldn’t wait until I could get the time to actually write down all the main points, find the time to do a video blog, etc. So I’m doing it here. Now, Vandermeer already discussed this over on Clarkesworld, at least […]

Writer’s Strike: Can I have their jobs?

This will be a short, short, short post.I’m sure enough of you out there have heard about the strike in Hollywood. If not, go here. My question is: Where do I need to go to sign up to take their jobs? Yes, that’s a serious question. I’d be willing to take their jobs. (Don’t click […]

A Magazine Tryout

This isn’t directly related to my previous post, or to any posts out there on the net about the death of the short story market in speculative fiction. Just so you know. I’ve recently started submitting my work again. I’ve been in a rut for a while as far as submitting goes. I was doing […]

Short Stories (another babble about this)

Anyone reading about science fiction right now will undoubtedly have heard about the demise of the short story market. I think of all the forms that science fiction (and fantasy) comes in, the short form is the one that is most likely to die as a viable market. Anthologies and collections will still be around, […]

SF/F Things of Note

I saw these two articles today and thought you guys would be interested in them. First is this article from Abebooks. It’s the top ten scariest characters in literature: Big Brother from 1984 by George Orwell Hannibal Lecter from the novels by Thomas Harris Pennywise the clown from It by Stephen King Nurse Ratched from […]

More Reasons Why I Hate J. K. Rowling!

(This is an old post that I accidentally made a draft when I was editing it.  Sorry if it shows up in your RSS feed again!  The comments are amusing, though.  It should also be noted that the book discussed below was eventually released as a proper publication.) You’d think it would be incredibly hard […]