I tend to write what is known as “hard SF”, that is, science fiction that is technically accurate, or as accurate as I can make it while taking a wink at things like Time Travel and Faster Than Light travel. With a few exceptions like t…
I am assuming you are a writer, or want to be. If you have yet to launch yourself into the darkness called writing, and have been putting it off for whatever reason(s) your mind can …
I was asked to pick my top ten favorite Science Fiction Movies of all time. I tried. But I couldn't. I kept thinking of others that needed to be on the list. When I reached 25 is decided that I needed to group them by category, but the categories re…
If you’ve been known as a writer among more than two persons for at least 19 minutes, you have been asked: “Where do you get your ideas?” Or you may have been asked the passive-aggressive &…
Most writers I’ve encountered are either character builders, world builders, or plotters. And while a good short story or novel needs a mix of all three, the area where most folks seem to struggle is characterization. If you’re a world …
As an actor / creative, the common advice is “never read your reviews”. As an insatiably curious, science-minded, creative person, I’m always interested in what people have to say about my storytelling interpretations. In this blog…
I recently saw a video of a 16-year-old girl flawlessly playing Eddie Van Halen's Eruption, complete with the baroque fingering style made famous by the late guitar virtuouso. I also saw another video of a 12-year-old boy playing the keybo…
You have had this experience: the novel you are reading throws a ton of invented names at you like a blizzard, makes up words for common items, has some variation of “coffee&rd…
Yes, but not in the way you think. Although some ‘AI Doomers’ (like Elon Musk, Geoffrey Hinton, also known as Google’s "Godfather of AI," and other misguided technologists and futurists) predict the demise of mankind will be cause…
By Gil Schmidt Because if we don’t write, we don’t feel complete. Because writing gives us satisfaction like nothing else does. Because writing is a constant challenge and meeting it is our form of defiance. Because calling o…
