The Petroglyphs at Bella Coola From Part 1, Sept. 19, 2015: A visceral sense of place is very important to me when writing my novels, and after setting them in far-flung locales, I’m bringing this new novel-in-progress home to my … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Read WHO, WHAT, WHERE in previous installments. Coninuing – Question 4: WHEN It isn’t a coincidence that stories told to all of us in our childhood used to begin with “Once upon a time…” The concept of a moment in … Continue reading
Are you struggling with your NaNoWriMo project? The Storybundle collection of books on writing for National Novel Writing Month is still available. Book View Cafe anthology Brewing Fine Fiction is part of that deal. In addition, Judith Tarr’s Writing Horses … Continue reading
A day in the company of other people (either virtually or mundanely) does not pass without someone making an observation about people being on their devices—chiefly their smartphones. We get comments in restaurants while awaiting our order, on public transit, … Continue reading
I’m running a Kickstarter for a new space opera–it’s right over here, it’s funded and in stretch goals, it’s ending on Sunday, come and play if you like. This is the fourth one I’ve done, and I thought I was … Continue reading
Long ago in the Before Time, I was an editor at a comic book publisher. When I arrived there, the only way to edit that I knew was the way I edited a prose novel or story: look at the words, … Continue reading
WILD CARD RUN Cybers Wild Card 1 by Sara Stamey KurtisP385XL47Ruth: Game Changer. Prodigal daughter. Spy. The Cyber entities control a peaceful but static galaxy–until they detect unsanctioned developments on the low-tech planet Poindros. They force rebellious Ruth Kurtis to … Continue reading
It’s been fun to revisit my early writing, as Book View Café releases new editions (with new covers!) of my early science fiction novels originally published by Berkley/Ace/Putnam. I wrote my first novel while finishing my undergraduate degree in English … Continue reading
(Opening and obligatory reassurance: The horse in the photo is very much alive. She’s having a nap, and the human disciples are learning a lesson about relaxing and letting go.) This past week saw the departure of an old and … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) There are a number of revolutionary events in the biological history of earth. I’ve spoken about many of them. But one extremely large one was the invasion of the land by plants. … Continue reading