I’m feeling just a bit frustrated today, and it has nothing to do with my writing. It’s just that the every day stress of working under Yertle the Turtle inside the cardboard empire is getting to me. segueless transition I have been struggling with this DSL connection since I got… Continue reading
Take a look at this interesting interview with Ray Bradbury. Buried in the films are a few golden nuggets for writers from the lips of a master. www.ricknovy.com
One of the aspects of writing that most new writers have trouble grasping is that of style. What is style, and what’s mine? Is my style a good one? Should I change it? As it turns out, style is something inherent to your work, and it can’t really be changed… Continue reading
Since we aren’t going anywhere this summer, I promised to take the kids to Golfland Sunsplash. While we don’t really have any amusement parks in Arizona, we do have some good water parks. We started the day going down the water slides. You can see some of them in the… Continue reading
Let’s look at something a little different. What role does religion play in speculative fiction? It’s an interesting question that depends on the scope of the definition of religion. One of my recent reads was Robert J. Sawyer’s Calculating God. In this novel, we learn that there are two alien… Continue reading
According to a study, traders with higher levels of testosterone perform better. Hmmm. I’d better start working out. www.ricknovy.com
One of the most painful lessons a new writer learns is that you have no control over what happens to your material after you submit. How many writers are discouraged when that first rejection letter arrives in the mailbox? Most likely, it was an impersonal form rejection with a copy… Continue reading
I found a number of top ten science fiction novel lists. I have to confess that I haven’t read very many of them, but I have the best hit ratio on Rob Grant’s list. Michael Moorcock’s list has a lot of material I own but is still in the in-box…. Continue reading
For the past few days, I have been trading blog posts with Steve Davidson, a.k.a. the Crotchety Old Fan. His most recent post is an essay that uses my previous post as a launch pad. It’s good stuff, so take a look. In fact, you might consider adding him to… Continue reading
The Crotchety Old Fan has posted a response to my blog entry from a few days ago regarding the future of SF. (That is a great blog name, by the way.) He has some good discussion, including an on-topic excerpt from the introduction of an anthology edited by Lester del… Continue reading
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