Let’s face it, semicolons are confusing. They are easy enough to use in separating email addresses, or tags, but otherwise not so much. At least for me. Semicolons are tough; I struggle to this day. In the final draft of Fire, I had sixteen semicolons. For a 100,000-word book, that’s…
Chabon is a master. His descriptions give you a sense of setting and characters so well that I feel I would recognize the book’s primary cast if I met them on the street. He makes you care deeply about them even when you disagree with their actions and life choices.…
The HAL 9000 Interface In the iconic movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey, an Artificial Intelligence, the HAL 9000, went nuts and killed all but one of his human crew. Since then, BSC (Bat Sh*t Crazy) AIs have been de rigeur in SciFi. Colossus – Colossus: The Forbin Project – followed…
When it became apparent that Fire wasn’t going to make it out in time for Thanksgiving, I set my sights on December 17th as a nod to the Wright Brothers and their first flight. Yesterday, I got my first copy and decided not to wait. After all, I would just be…