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Science fiction likes to work on huge scales.  And with few resources.  One common theme I’ve noticed that runs through many science fiction novels and short stories is the idea of […]

I was in a bookstore a few days ago, browsing in the Science and Nature section, which is right next to the science fiction area, and when I finished I […]

A lot has been made of evolution in the past hundred and fifty years or so, but I got to wondering what’s likely to happen in the future.  What will humans look […]

One day last week I read an online article about writers who send queries to literary agents and get only a rejection letter in return.  The article gave several stock phrases […]

What is a blog, anyway?  Sure, the term evolved from the concept of the “web log,” the idea that someone would put their thoughts down on a computer screen and […]

SCENE:  [A Subcommittee hearing room in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.  The Subcommittee on Violence Against Women is just coming to order.  On the Subcommittee are seven women senators, […]

What is it about science fiction that makes those of us who like to read and/or watch it (and would otherwise be described as nerds) actually pick up a sci-fi […]

Do you remember from high school algebra (or even junior high algebra) how you learned about positive numbers and negative numbers?  I do.  In that class my first-year algebra teacher drew a […]

I’ve been watching the Agatha Christie Poirot novels that  have been televised by PBS over the last several years, and I’ve been struck by one rather odd aspect of the character of Hercule Poirot.  […]

I like to write and read science fiction.  Not fantasy, mind you, nor horror or steampunk or alternate history or many of the other subdivisions into which the genre is currently […]

I’ve noticed over the past several years of trying to get stories published (I’m speaking of fiction here) that there doesn’t seem to be a standard number of words that […]

As an unpublished writer, I’ve been (quite obviously) looking forward to seeing my writing in print, whether it’s just a story in a magazine or a full novel on the shelves of bookstores everywhere.  […]