Friday, June 10, 2022

Karen S. Wiesner: SURPRISES IN THE COURSE OF LEARNING TO WRITE A SCIENCE FICTION SERIES (7 of 15)

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Of Arcs and Standalones, Part 1: Story Arcs This is the seventh of fifteen posts dealing with surprising things I learned in the course of...
Thursday, June 09, 2022

Types of Telepathy

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In reading THE SCIENCE OF STAR TREK, by Mark Brake, I'm naturally reminded of Vulcan telepathy (not discussed much if at all in this boo...
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Saturday, June 04, 2022

When You Die....

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In DUNE , everyone had wealth in the form of bodily fluids, except that their water belonged to the tribe, and the dessicated remains to the...
Friday, June 03, 2022

Karen S. Wiesner: SURPRISES IN THE COURSE OF LEARNING TO WRITE A SCIENCE FICTION SERIES (6 of 15)

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Surprise #4: Of Deliberately Limiting Story Potential Development This is the sixth of fifteen posts dealing with surprising things I lear...
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Thursday, June 02, 2022

Lost Continents

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Recently I came across a reference to a "paleomicrocontinent" whose remains underlie parts of central Europe, called Greater Adria...
Sunday, May 29, 2022

Quid Pro Quo Bad

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Don't be like Ironman ! Don't get fined for falling foul of America's "sweepstakes" laws. Call it a "contest...
Friday, May 27, 2022

Karen S. Wiesner: SURPRISES IN THE COURSE OF LEARNING TO WRITE A SCIENCE FICTION SERIES (5 of 15)

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Of Research and Developmental Tool Requirements, Part 2: Surprise #3: Developmental Tool Under whelm This is the fifth of fifteen posts ...
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Thursday, May 26, 2022

Age Ranges for Fiction

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Editor Laura Simeon writes about determining whether a children's or YA book is "appropriate" or "inappropriate" for...
Saturday, May 21, 2022

For Art's Sake

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For the purposes of today's blog, Art is not an alien god, although, given the evolving meaning of the word " icon ", Art coul...