I completed two short stories in the past week. One is about a scientific mission to a collision between two neutron stars – something I call a maelstrom. The other was intended to be for Neil Clarke’s Cyborg anthology, but the word count ended up being outside the guidelines. I… Continue reading
There is and has been for a long time a heated discussion on diversity in science fiction and fantasy, or rather the lack of diversity in the community. Historically the readership/fan base for this kind of material has been straight white male, with authors of the same sort. There seems… Continue reading
Last December, I posted about a problem I had with a blender I purchased. It broke within the warranty period, and the manufacturer, CUISINART, made me pay $10 to ship it to a local(!) facility. They returned the blender and said nothing was wrong with it. that, despite the fact… Continue reading
Frederik Pohl, the last of the great original science fiction writers, passed away today. In a futuristic way, I learned of this via Twitter as I was cooking on the grill. I wanted to share something with everyone. On May 8th of this year, I had been reading I. Asimov,… Continue reading
It’s Rush I recently managed to complete my collection of Rush studio albums and I decided to listen to them in the car in release order. I’m playing each CD about 7 to 10 times to get familiar with the songs I don’t already know, and just enjoy those I… Continue reading
From the expulsion of Vox Day from SFWA to the recent controversy over the planned showing of Disney’s Song of the South at Worldcon, racism, sexism, and other isms seem to have become the topic du jour. It’s a subject that gets everyone riled up, and often accompanied by phrases… Continue reading
The blog posts have been sparse lately, and I apologize for that. Parents visiting, client work, kids starting school, college freshman to move. Lots of activity to keep me away from the blog. Being busy is good, but sometimes it can be frustrating. I get behind on what I want… Continue reading
While the business side took a bit of a rest this past week while my parents were in town, I did manage to start scraping the cobwebs away from my short fiction writing skills. I finished a slightly longer than flash fiction story called Old Rock Stars last week and… Continue reading
Jack McDevitt is an extremely personable man whom I met for the first time at LepreCon 39 in may of 2013. We chatted a number of times over the course of the convention and we got along really well. Our sense of story also seems to be similar. So, I… Continue reading
It seems my recent post on Pope Francis was posted a few days too early. Props to George Takei for pointing out this article that gives us some insight on what the Pope actually thinks about gays. Of course his words are largely in line with the teachings of his… Continue reading
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