Science-fiction writer
I must admit I find conspiracy theories fascinating. They are usually good examples of a lot of psychological aspects that I’m interested in, like obsession, selective reasoning, paranoia, determination to reveal the “truth” which always carries either a savior component, or megalomania. Not to mention they cover the entire cognitive dissonance spectrum. *oh goodie* While [...]
Time for a fresh wind to hunt across the planes of this blog, and shake some new ideas from the treetops. Starting this year, I’ll be hosting guest posts by fellow writers as a monthly thing. I’ve met so many smart, creative and motivated writers since I started blogging, I thought it would be a [...]
Wild speculation and extrapolative thinking is an important part of being a science-fiction writer. It keeps your gears oiled and your sense of wonder alive, not to mention it’s an integral part of worldbuilding. Bah, who am I kidding, it just makes so much fun to go all crazy about stuff and let your inner [...]
November is the perfect month for writing and being creative, whether along with the gazillion people doing NaNoWriMo, or just because the weather has begun to suck so badly there’s just no other viable thing to do but curl up with a good book (preferably your own manuscript) and travel to another world. This year [...]
Science is what separates sci-fi from fantasy, and its usually the nature, plausibility and degree of scientific detail that tiers the genre into several “levels”. Hard sci-fi is the one with the balls of steel in that respect, but what about the other subgenres? How important is the plausibility, and by extension the probability, of [...]
All growth is painful and creates resistance. It makes us uncomfortable even when we want it, even when we know it’s essential for our evolution as writers. And sometimes we wonder if it’ll ever end, if we’ll ever reach a point where we can lay back and say we’ve reached the top. But growth is [...]
I’m sitting here wondering what to blog of next that I’m excited about, but all I can focus on are these damn questions. Inquiries, issues, wonderings, spinning around in my head, turning my thought-factory to neuron sludge. Before they burst out of my forehead and ruin a perfectly good electronic equipment, I’m handing them over [...]
There’s an unfathomable number of articles and blog posts available about the technical facets of publishing, more than we’ll ever need to know. But here I will focus on the one element that’s actually more important than finding an agent or signing up with a particular publisher, and if we go for self-publishing, it will [...]
2012 is a glorious year for doomsayers of all breeds and flavors, as I’m sure you probably noticed. For those of you living in the States, I’m sorry you have to witness the craziness first hand. I must report Europe is far less paranoid or conspiracy addicted, and no one here is building bunkers, stock [...]
My very talented fellow sci-fi writer J.W. Alden reminded me of something important with his latest post: that blogging about your honest interests as they pertain to writing, however wild they may be, is a very good thing. Because it comes from a real and immediate place within you, and the passion translates. And blogging [...]
I'm fascinated with the dynamics of the human mind and the mechanics of the universe, so I twist both of them into a twine and make a pretty little bow. Around a plasma cannon!
