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As part of a discussion on the importance of loglines, someone in the online workshop posted a link to these uncomfortable plot summaries. These do, if nothing else, illustrate how a bad logline (or outline, synopsis) can give the wrong impression of one’s work… or at least fail to inspire any enthusiasm.
Interesting. Outside experts are ruminating on the future of NASA, and basically coming to the conclusion that I have reached in After: they need outside help in order to survive.
Yesterday I decided to — finally — revise my short story about a sentient GPS unit. As part of the research, I loaded up the Garmin and a recorder and actually drove the route presented in the story: into SF, through the Marina to the GGB and across into Marin, finally winding up at the [...]
First off, Happy Birthday Ray Bradbury! In case you wanted to send the man a card on his 89th Earthbound anniversary, BoingBoing has posted the address and details. Second, since I’m in full Ruthless Editor mode on my own writing today, here’s a link to 21 Fatal Techniques in fiction. Most of these can be [...]
It’s been awhile since I’ve visited the manybooks.net project online, and it’s even more impressive than before. Most of the e-books have already been made available through the Project Gutenberg archives, but what makes manybooks great is the vast array of available formats. Aside from the usual suspects (plain text, RTF, html) books are available [...]
Oh, Google, what did we do before you came around? Yes, it’s a great initial research tool, but it’s also a source of endless hilarity… and can make one ponder the future of civilization when these are the questions that keep people up at night.
Forty years ago, we went to the moon! (Pow, Alice!) How time flies. I stumbled across the NASA film archives while doing research for a novel. If you’ve never checked it out, spend a few minutes with these digitized 16mm films from the Apollo program. (Does anybody remember celluloid?) Incredibly fun and informative stuff. Where [...]
As soon as I started sharing my work with others, I was made keenly aware — to my horror — of my predilection for bad puns. I often use puns in the names of my stories, even when it’s not really appropriate. Even in the title for this post! I can’t help it! Someone stop [...]
I’m back from a short road trip to sunny SoCal, hanging out with my sister and roasting on the beach. ‘Twas fun, but thoroughly derailed my efforts during the Crit Marathon for the Online Writers Workshop. Basically a clever attempt to catch up on peer reviews for all members, the marathon is taking place through [...]
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