Sci Fi Saturday Night
It’s Sunday morning, that means that my interview with Sci Fi Saturday Night is now live on their site. It was a wide-ranging and fun conversation with The Dome and Captain Cam. We talked about music, martial arts, writing, Dreamforge magazine, and, of course, SPARK. I was surprised at how quickly the time passed. They…Read More
Siren Radio
Yesterday, my interview on Siren Radio went live. I had the pleasure of speaking with the host, Alex Lewczuk, and co-hosts Cathy Manso and Jessica Burtis. It was a lot of fun and topics ranged from NASA and the space program to our favorite role playing games. (I’m a big Witcher, Mass Effect, and Skyrim…Read More
10 Questions with Alex Perry
I was privileged enough to be connected with Alex Perry’s writing/critique group through Houston Writer’s Guild a few years ago. Although we’ve never met in person, I’m a huge fan of her work and her honesty. She was the first person willing to give me honest feedback – “It’s boring. It’s like watching someone watch…Read More
Book Review: The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Alfred Bester published this book in 1956. Let that sink in a bit. It’s over 65 years old. It would have long since retired were it a human. Happily, it’s a book. The copyright has been renewed a few times and Neil Gaiman wrote an introduction in the version I read. That’s impressive given Gaiman’s…Read More
10 Questions with Mack Little
I met Mack about four years ago through the Houston Writer’s Guild and promptly fell in love with her prose. I’ve reviewed her Daughter of Hades book on this blog. We both worked at Inkling Publishing’s table during Comicpalooza last year and I witnessed something I never expected. A young woman, I’m guessing 23, came…Read More
Shooting it raw
A few weeks ago, my publicist, the amazing Mickey Mickelson, set me up for a podcast called Shooting it Raw, with host, Ran Elfassy. I was a little hesitant. Ran’s based in Hong Kong – quite literally the other side of our planet. The concept intrigued me: no canned questions, no script, I just sent…Read More
Called Out!
A few days ago, I introduced my new interview series, “Ten questions with….” That post was about my interview with Joseph D. Newcomer and generated a lot of response. Recently, I’ve begun pushing blog notices out through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. That has also generated some response. I introduced the series by saying this: “I’ve…Read More
Book Review: The Spheres of Heaven by Charles Sheffield
The Spheres of Heaven is hard science fiction that’s easy to read. Sheffield doesn’t feel the need to club us over the head with how smart he is or how much he knows. The story is set in the same multiverse as The Mind Pool. We’re well into the future. Space travel is routine, and…Read More
10 Questions with Joseph D. Newcomer
I’ve been interviewed a few times in the last couple of weeks. The questions are fairly predictable: Where do you get your ideas? Advice for new writers? What’s your genre? All good questions, but they get asked a lot. None of the interviewers have read SPARK or this blog – yet. Maybe they’ll come over…Read More
Article for Factually Fictional
Here’s the post I did for Reader’s Entertainment with some bonus content: Two hundred years. That’s how long we’ve known that some materials generate an electrical charge when exposed to light. That’s solar power. But how do we turn that electrical charge into a usable form of energy for things like reading this blog? I…Read More