Book: “Dune” by Frank Herbert
Just finished reading Dune – I recommend it to everyone. My hair stood on end as the last line faded. I had to read the sentence over and over again.
Tag Archives: writing
The Thing about Sci-Fi
“I’m writing a science fiction novel,” I say. Most people, especially those who have known me in previous lives, ask the question that my statement begged. “Why?” The answer is […]
SFT Has A New Name (Experiment’s Over, Results Are In)
In July 2014, I started an experiment with a blog called “Science | Fiction | Technology”. On December 31, 2014, I wrote the final post on that blog. Today, I killed […]
A Write to the Finish: NaNoWriMo and the Better Life
The universe converged during this WriMo’s 2014 win moment. This year’s NaNo wasn’t about just surviving – 2014 was about thriving. Love and the spirit of this annual worldwide novel-ing November made […]
Why You Can’t Trust Your Memory and What to Do About It: Memory and Trauma (Part 1 of 3)
In my last post, I could have told my story about the Legend of Write or Die with more certainty. With fewer “maybes” and “might have beens”. The truth is, […]
How I Wrote My Manuscript (Or, How NaNoWriMo Saved My Life)
There is this legendary thing I have heard tell of a writer’s passion – write or die. I’ve felt it burn through my veins only twice in my life: last […]
Getting Started: A NaNoWriMo Basics Refresher
November first is fast approaching, and that means hoards of novelists across the world are clanging their swords upon shields in anticipation. To bring my brain back into battle, I’m recalling […]
On Revision: A Useful Tool for Deciding What to Keep, Rework and Cut
When my fingers were tip-tapping out words by the hundreds or thousands each day last year, I didn’t think about what needed to happen to get from that first draft […]
Just Keep Going: Finally Getting to My Theme
He’s making me boil my novel down to One Thing. Your novel needs to be about One Thing, he tells me! I fight it. It can’t be just about One […]
