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A Marker to Measure Drift by Alexander Maksik: A Master Class in Craft 1 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm
I picked up this novel with no expectations and no idea what it was about. By the time I got to the bottom of the first page, the book had me by the throat and I finished it on the same day. I wish y...
Eleven Inequalities to Explain All Human Behavior 4 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Do you think human behavior can be reduced to math expressions? Maxon's equation for walking at a reasonable pace. In my novel, Shine Shine Shine, I introduced a character who interprets the world ....
Hello Paperback! 2 Jul 2013 | 10:35 pm
Today the paperback edition of Shine Shine Shine is in stores! This is very exciting because it has special bonus material, a brand new cover, and I corrected the part where I called a river one name ...
How to Write a Sci-Fi Flash Fiction Story: Part 3: The Crack in the Wall 6 Apr 2013 | 12:45 am
(This post is part of a series. For part 1, click here. For part 2, click here.) I have one more tip for those of you who are writing sci-fi flash fiction, maybe even entering the Fly-By Sci-Fi conte...
How to Write a Sci-Fi Flash Fiction Story: Part 2: Three Parts of the Punch 5 Apr 2013 | 10:34 pm
(This post is part of a series. For part 1, click here.) Not this punch, smartass. The second strategy for putting together a great story in a tiny space has less to do with topic and more to do wit...
How to Write a Sci-Fi Flash Fiction Story: Part 1: Fish Out of Water 5 Apr 2013 | 06:29 am
Sci-fi Version: "For sale: Space suit. Never worn." How hard could it be to write flash fiction!? After all, it only has to be 500 words long. You could get 500 words out of a detailed grocery list o...
How is Literary Fiction Like a Porn Store in the Suburbs? 3 Apr 2013 | 08:54 pm
It's spring. The windows are open. And the cries of protest are in the air: J. Robert Lennon, author of Familiar, in Salon: "Literary fiction is terrible" Matt Haig, author of The Humans, on his blo...
Shine Shine Shine Paperbacks are Coming! 29 Mar 2013 | 05:13 pm
From St. Martin's Griffin in the USA, July 2 2013: From Simon & Schuster in the UK, July 4 2013:
Robots are like Humans are like Robots 21 Feb 2013 | 03:00 am
Researchers in France have used their knowledge of the way a human acquires language to create a robot "brain" that listens and understands language using recurrent construction. This gives the robot ...
Gödel, Escher, Bach: Introduction 6 Feb 2013 | 09:25 pm
I have to start out this installment with a comic from xkcd, found by a guy in our Facebook reading group: Yep, nailed it. Our group discussion wandered through self-referential words and the differe...
