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Ray Bradbury was a more profound influence in my life than either of the men I could call "father." Today, after more than ninety one years on the planet (seventy eight of them spent at the age of thirteen), my story-father has died. Read more...
Like bazillions of others, I’m quite taken with the don’t-call-it-Scrabble social crossword game Words With Friends (I’m mwsmedia there — let’s play!) If you understand how to play Scrabble, you understand Words With Friends. Like its board game inspiration, Words With Friends requires more than just a good grasp of... Read more...
Over at SF Signal, a group blog / podcast focused on science fiction media, they’ve resurrected the “genre versus literary” discussion that’s always good for gathering the herd and drawing traffic. In fact, I was all set to contribute to the discussion with my own lengthy blog post. This blog... Read more...
Lesson One: Don’t use your blogging platform to write the first draft of a blog post. Especially a long blog post. Most especially a long blog post that is the second installment of an extended series. Really most especially when you’re trying to establish consistency in the posting of the... Read more...
How does one avoid feeling guilty about the siren call of all those ideas in your head, those creative germs that have yet to achieve the status of "endeavor" because you're putting all your time and energy into the thing your trying to get done now? Read more...
Every time I write another five thousand words of my new fantasy thriller, “Light of the Outsider,” I film another episode of “Writing ‘Light.’” In this episode, I talk about learning what my process is and how it ties in with my own expectations and self-imposed responsibilities as a creator.... Read more...
From February through May, 2011, I’m sitting down in front of a camera every week to share my progress and insights as I write my second novel, “Light of the Outsider.” In this episode, learn about the new schedule for episodes of “Writing ‘Light’” and how that schedule is directly... Read more...
From February through April, 2011, I’m sitting down in front of a camera every week to share my progress and insights as I write my second novel, “Light of the Outsider.” This show, “Writing ‘Light’” also encourages viewer feedback… and this episode is entirely in response to a voicemail from... Read more...
Every weekend from February through April, 2011, I sit down in front of a camera and talk about my previous week’s progress writing my second novel “Light of the Outsider.” This week, by request, I talk about my habits and the tools and resources I use to write “Light of... Read more...
Every weekend from February through April, 2011, I sit down in front of a camera and talk about my previous week’s progress writing my second novel “Light of the Outsider.” This week, I explore the similarities between writing and acting, and propose that to do either thing well you must... Read more...