500 Words
I’m not blocked. I’m not sure I believe in being blocked. I’ve just been outside of writing for a while. Despite my 10 minute writer trick, something a...
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A Moving Roundup
I’m still in the throes of my move, spreading my time between Cumbria and Liverpool. We’ve just moved into a temporary house with a suitcase each. I’m ...
Link Clear Out: All Merchandise As New
When I’m keeping up with roundups, I tend to hoard links, and even jot some notes as I go. Recently things got stupidly busy (moving continents, being ...
In Cumbria/The Do-Over
In Cumbria, UK having come via NYC, Philadelphia, Manchester, which is my excuse for the quiet around here. I’m missing America dreadfully already, but...
One more day for 250 word superhero s...
There’s a micro-fiction competition going on at hilobrow.com. The brief is to create a troubled or troubling superhero in 250 words or less. I should b...
Stripping down an SF story (Part 3)
I’m returning to this after a short break (sorry about that – turns out that preparing to relocate to another continent is something of a timesuck). I...
Stripping down an SF story (Part 2)
In the last post I summarized a story by Robert Reed by breaking it down into scenes. That seems a useful way to start, because at once we get a sense ...
Stripping down an SF story (Part 1)
For a while my submission policy has been completely crazy. It goes a little like this. I write a story. I make it as good as I can. Then I submit it....