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Who’s Got Imposter Syndrome?
Read more: Who’s Got Imposter Syndrome?If you are a writer (like me) or, actually, any kind of artist trying to get published or displayed or viewed or whatever, do you suffer from the feeling of despair of ever being taken seriously in your art, a phenomenon frequently known as imposter syndrome? Personally, I think the term is a bit misleading…
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“Coming To Life”
Read more: “Coming To Life”If you are a writer of fiction [and I’ll state here for the record that what I have to say doesn’t really apply to poetry or nonfiction], do your characters come to life on the page for you? Two of mine did just recently. By “coming to life” I mean more than just seeing them…
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What Can “The Music Man” Tell Us About Writing?
Read more: What Can “The Music Man” Tell Us About Writing?Have you ever seen the musical comedy “The Music Man”? Either the stage production or the movie? At least one movie channel on DirectTV, a TV provider through the internet, has been showing the original movie recently, and I’ve seen it again after I-don’t-know-how-many years. I’ve always liked it for its catchy music, well-done comedic…
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A Review of the Book “Inner Space” by Jakub Szamalek
Read more: A Review of the Book “Inner Space” by Jakub SzamalekThis is a review of the book, “Inner Space,” by Jakub Szamalek, with the translation from Polish to English by Kasia Beresford. The book takes place largely on the International Space Station and involves a United States crew and a Russian crew. But Earth-bound personnel also play a role, especially those in the upper echelons…
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The Logic of Other Worlds
Read more: The Logic of Other WorldsAs I was watching on television a few days ago one of the first three Star Wars films to be made (they’re now numbered 4, 5, and 6) I kind of became aware of just how much the film*—although ostensibly taking place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away—was using so many…
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A Few Questions
Read more: A Few QuestionsAs a scientist and a virologist of absolutely no repute whatsoever, I have an inordinate tendency to ask questions about science, virology, science fiction and perhaps a few other phases of life in general, in particular physics, outer space, space flight, and any of several other topics that enter my interest field about who we…
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EXPLORER Now Avaliable
Read more: EXPLORER Now AvaliableMy first book, a science fiction novel about several explorers who travel to a beautiful new world which they’ve nicknamed the “Blue Planet” because of its color, has been available for a couple of weeks now. You can get it through the link on the “EXPLORER” page on this website, or through a bookstore (which…
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EXPLORER Now Available
Read more: EXPLORER Now AvailableNow! My first book, my first novel, and my first science-fiction novel—EXPLORER : The First Book in The Anthanian Imperative Trilogy—is now available for purchase. You should be able to order it through any bookstore (most bookstores at this time won’t have it in stock), or order it through this website—just click on the “EXPLORER”…
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Book Review: Eyes on the Horizon, by Carrie Lynn Fazzolari
Read more: Book Review: Eyes on the Horizon, by Carrie Lynn FazzolariI met Carrie Lynn Fazzolari at the Wildacres Writer’s Conference in 2010, and we have been friends on Facebook for most of the time after that. Her book, Eyes on the Horizon, is Carrie’s first novel, and we both worked on our respective first novels at the conference in between other activities. So when she…