This week we were all at Balticon and had the opportunity to have Authors Scott Sigler and Abigail Hilton Hilton join us for a discussion on endings. Well that is what it was supposed to be about until Jeff changed the rules, and we had a mutiny.
Tag: short story
But what you can do is seek out people who are from a region or country and talk to them. Find out the little details. And double checking your research with more than one resource will help too. If you are making up a culture for sci/fi or fantasy, take the time to really invent the culture. Make the little details that will help your “alien culture” be more than just a bunch of cardboard cutouts.
NaNoWriMo Story Workshop – Scott Roche This week we start a series of workshop episodes that will lead up to …Read the Rest
I have said many times that one of my favorite things about this job is that I get to read …Read the Rest
‘Flowers for Algernon’: A book review. ‘Flowers for Algernon’ by Daniel Keyes was first written as a short story in …Read the Rest
Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting I was planning on writing a review of George R. R. Martin’s first book …Read the Rest
Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting I ran on Monday night. Only the second time since the marathon on October …Read the Rest
What Coffee has to do with it. By Jeff Hite I am a coffee drinker. While I don’t spend my …Read the Rest
Random Ruminations Remotely Related to wRiting. ‘The Windup Girl’ I finished a book. It’s been a long time since I’ve …Read the Rest
After the NaNo by Jeff Hite So you finished your nano novel, or maybe not. In the four years that …Read the Rest