My Problem with Typos
Sometimes my mind goes faster than my fingers can type as I write. Typos ensue. Mostly I catch them in early drafts but sometimes I introduce new ones during revisions. Even with beta readers and professional editors/proofreaders, some slip by and make it into the published version of the book. I was on a deadline…Read More
Book Review: The Yochni’s Eye by Abigail Morrison
Six hundred years is a long time. Longer if you’re not the winners of the most recent blink of the Yochni’s Eye. Imagine a world where, once every six hundred years, a super-being blinks, and in doing so, grants the wish of the champion who made it there in time for the blink. What could…Read More
Beyond the HAL 9000
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 shortly thereafter. More recently, it’s been all about SkyNet…Read More
Ready, Aim, Fire!
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 depriving you of six additional…Read More
Confirmation Bias
A while back I read the tragic story of First Air Flight 6560, a Boeing 737 that was flying into Resolute Bay, in the Canadian Arctic. This airport is at a point where the magnetic variation (the difference between true north (the northern rotational axis of the planet) and magnetic north (the northern rotational axis…Read More
Unstoppable Mindset Podcast with Michael Hingson
I’ve mentioned Mike Hingson on this blog before and am still serializing my interview of him. He’s a very generous and insightful guy. Generous for asking me to be on his podcast and then agreeing to be interviewed by me later. His podcast episode with me is now live at the usual outlets. It was…Read More
Book Review: Tooth and Nail by Jessica Raney
I picked this book up at an Indie Book Fair on a hot, sweaty day. It was at Copperfield’s Books in Houston. I like to support the other authors, and Raney recommended this as a starter. It sat in the stack on my nightstand, patiently awaiting its turn. Other books in the stack had disappointed….Read More
Imposter Syndrome
They say it represents “all Canadians” who have worked in the Space Program. But it’s really Chris Hadfield. I struggle a bit with Imposter Syndrome – the feeling that I don’t really deserve the success I’ve had, and that I’m not as smart as some other people believe. It started when I was 29 and…Read More
10 Questions With Amani Jesu
I’ve stalked you on Amazon since reading Eliana-Who-Sees-Us. You have a very interesting background. One of the things I promise readers is that I won’t ask authors the stock questions, so here goes! I know I saw The Key to Rebecca as a made-for-TV movie, and maybe there were glimpses of belly dancers in other…Read More
Book Review: They Cancelled the DJ by Freddy Cruz
This book is not my normal Sci-fi offering. I met Freddy Cruz through an event my former publicist set up. I discovered that Freddy has done a lot of voice work in radio and was expanding into audio books. That piqued my interest since I was looking to push SPARK into audio. We chatted a…Read More