Weekly Reading Roundup 20 April 2018 Once again, I'm posting about the reading that really stood out to me during the week. Normally, these are items that I'd have posted on Facebook, but a few weeks ago, I dropped my Facebook account. You see, I became addicted to Facebook - posting, commenting, debating, and watching … Continue reading Weekly Reading Roundup 20 April 2018
SFF Event Report: Chandler Klang Smith at Left Bank Books
Event Report Last night - 18 April 2018 - Left Bank Books hosted Chandler Klang Smith for a reading of her new book The Sky is Yours, followed by a discussion and Q&A with St. Louis's own Ann Leckie. The event kicked off LBB's collaboration with Archon, the local Science Fiction convention, and what a … Continue reading SFF Event Report: Chandler Klang Smith at Left Bank Books
Weekly Reading Roundup 12 April 2018
Weekly Reading Roundup 12 April 2018 As usual, politics and writing have been on my mind all week. Luckily, I found these great articles headed down both of those roads. Hopefully you enjoy them as much as I did. Did any articles strike you as important this week? If so, please, let me know in … Continue reading Weekly Reading Roundup 12 April 2018
Three Strategies to Defeat Perfectionism in Writing
How Perfectionism Blocks My Writing Letting myself be human has been the most difficult lesson on the road to being a writer. As a perfectionist, I hate making mistakes. As a human, mistakes are unavoidable. The clash between the two makes writing very difficult. In fact, my perfectionism blocks my writing all the damn time. … Continue reading Three Strategies to Defeat Perfectionism in Writing
Weekly Reading Roundup 8 April 2018
Weekly Reading Roundup 8 April 2018 Last week's Reading Roundup got delayed due to my great news! Friday, I wrote about the cover reveal of an anthology in which two of my essays are being published. So, this weekly reading roundup for the first week is here. Cultural Appropriation A Twitter thread by Calvin Wong … Continue reading Weekly Reading Roundup 8 April 2018
Good News: Putting the Science in Fiction
I have great news. Writer's Digest revealed the cover of Putting the Science in Fiction yesterday. This anthology collects essays from Dan Koboldt's blog series Science in Sci Fi, and I have two essays in the collection. Both essays have been expanded for this edition. I'm proud of the work that I've done here, and … Continue reading Good News: Putting the Science in Fiction
Review: Think Again
Modern American society is one big competition for people's attention. From phones to television to social media, our attention span decreased to nothing. At the same time, the so-called culture wars deepened the divide in our two party system. While political division exists all through US history, it is much more extreme than just twenty … Continue reading Review: Think Again
It’s My 40th Birthday!
It's My 40th Birthday! On this day, forty years ago, my mother brought me into the world. I never expected to be here. Not that I expected to be dead, but this age arrived so fast. It seems like just yesterday that I was turning thirty, but time marches on whether we want it to … Continue reading It’s My 40th Birthday!
Weekly Reading Roundup
Primmlife Weekly Reading Roundup I read a lot during the week. Not just books but many, many articles, and as a new feature going forward on Fridays, I'll put a few articles that affected me throughout the week. Reading broadly is important to me, and I'd like to promote the work that I admire and … Continue reading Weekly Reading Roundup
Review: Arrivals (Born to the Blade S1E1)
Serialized stories are not new. Magazines often published novels and stories in parts, but this form of storytelling fell out of popularity as audiences switched to novels. Novellas and novelettes also declined in popularity, but in the past few years, the form has gotten renewed interest. So, why not serialized stories? Serial Box is answering … Continue reading Review: Arrivals (Born to the Blade S1E1)