I’ve determined over the past few days that I might be too much of a vibes-based writer for my own good. Maybe it’s because I spent so long not writing and just daydreaming about it. I tend to think first of setting, atmosphere, and feel rather than what Dean Wesley… Continue reading
I think I discovered invasion literature from a random “Did you know?” blurb on Wikipedia but ever since then it has captured my imagination and I’ve finally gotten around to reading one of its major works. Invasion literature is now an obscure genre but it flourished in the late 19th… Continue reading
When Dean Wesley Smith talks about writing into the dark he implies some points that I think ought to be made explicit. Well, actually, some of these he does come out and say, but I think I need them said very plainly. Let’s start with the ones that he does… Continue reading
I am pleased to report that I once shared Heinlein’s Rules (let’s capitalize them now, like the Ten Commandments) with a creatively inclined patient and the effect has been (*crosses fingers*) transformative. The patient has described them as “beautiful” and is applying them to a medium other than writing; it… Continue reading
I’d better start talking about Robert A. Heinlein’s 5 rules after mentioning them before as a guiding light for me and the guy who helped me get writing again, Dean Wesley Smith. Heinlein was an important 20th-century science fiction author; if you’ve never heard of him, you may have heard… Continue reading
I’ve been digging up some old stories. It turns out I still have some that were hiding from me. They were probably written during a strange period of my life where I can’t remember much. Well, it’s not that I can’t remember— I remembered the stories. But they were disconnected… Continue reading
So you know I’ve been very slowly reading a Jin Yong wuxia novel. Serendipitously I got an idea for a story related to that and in such a way that connects to a past story. For better or for worse (I’m not sure yet) I often just take something that’s… Continue reading
I’m back from my little trip. How’d I do? I had a pretty fun time and met some of my wife’s family, i.e. new family members for me. And that was great and that’s what’s important. I got to see some of the city as well and eat some good… Continue reading