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(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Odds are extremely high that every single person reading this has given or received a gift at some point in their life. It can be a lot of fun, on … Continue reading
Category Archives: Writers on Writing
I recently came across a version of the Eye of Argon online and realized it made a great inside Science Fiction joke for a scene I was writing in a rom-com. I also realized that it related to the subject of … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Up until now we’ve been talking about generosity in a fairly direct, person-to-person sense: building social bonds with your neighbor, welcoming the traveler at your gate. But when generosity comes … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series. It has been edited since its original posting to correct errors regarding the potlatch tradition.) All around the world, generosity is an admired trait — and there’s a good reason … Continue reading
I love houses. I love to write about them. Houses heavily influence my fiction because they so easily become characters. Sometimes the house in my book insists on upon development, an emotional arc. It wants me to tell my readers … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) After that tour through the unpleasant things humans do to each other, let’s turn our thoughts to something nicer. You may think it odd that I’m discussing hospitality, given that … Continue reading
So I used the time I am spending inside my house – covid, and toxic air, and all like that – in order to try and earn some money. I am doing critique reports for manuscripts through an agency that … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) In comparison with last week, the punishments we’re looking at this time around aren’t about hurting or controlling the body — at least, not as their primary function. Instead, they … Continue reading
I’m fascinated by beginnings. That is, the first words that fall into a reader’s brain when she opens up a book. Not all stories have evocative openings. I was bemused to find that some of my favorite novelists do not, … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Physical punishment is a topic so large, I have to split one part of it off up front: we won’t be talking about executions this week. Those are complex enough … Continue reading