I’ve spent the morning setting up a new sub-website devoted to short stories. Initially, I just have a (database-driven) page that lists my publications, with links and cover art, but the plan is to also make it the site for my forthcoming nonfiction book, The Craft and Commerce of Short Story Writing.
In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett is a charity anthology in aid of Alzheimer’s research, by fans of the late great author. I’m genuinely proud to be included among the contributors.
Pre-release, it’s got great reviews, and although I don’t formally review books that I contribute to, I’d like to say that several of the stories moved me deeply or made me laugh out loud.
Today is release day on Amazon. If you’re a Pratchett fan and/or want to contribute to a cause close to his heart, pick up a copy.
(Linking to Amazon seems to be weird today. The book isn’t actually called “Robot Check”.)
A couple of really cool ones this week. The balloon internet, wifi X-ray and 3D-printed houses are all things I plan to use in fiction.
Originally shared by Larry Panozzo
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Exciting new tech in all the tech industries! It’s all in the links below…
• Acoustic Tractor Beam
• Project Loon to Cover India
• Wifi X-ray
http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/28/9625636/rf-capture-mit-wifi-tracking-surveillance-technology
• Flexible, Wearable Batteries
• VR Simulation Puts You Aboard ISS
http://www.roadtovr.com/earthlight-astronaut-vr-sim-puts-iss-nasa-collaborates-realism/
• 3D Printing Entire Homes in 24 Hours
http://zbrella.com/contour-crafting-to-3d-print-entire-homes-in-under-24-hours-on-site/
• High Capacity Battery Case
• Room Temperature Quantum Material
http://phys.org/news/2015-10-quantum-thin.html
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Poor “Mail Order Witch”. Nobody wants you.
I’ve just submitted this story of mine for the eleventh time. I think if this one turns it down, I may try submitting to general rather than fantasy markets. It has an unreliable narrator, after all, so it’s not certain that the fantasy element really exists….
Sharing to bookmark. Via Alexander M Zoltai.
The improvement in your writing that comes from doing an MFA, without the price tag. Or, obviously, the piece of paper at the end.
I’m not saying it’s aliens, but…
Originally shared by K.B. Burnfield
Astronomers may have found giant alien ‘megastructures’ orbiting star near the Milky Way
Whoa…
A large cluster of objects in space look like something you would “expect an alien civilization to build”, astronomers have said.
Jason Wright, an astronomer from Penn State University, is set to publish a report on the “bizarre” star system suggesting the objects could be a “swarm of megastructures”, according to a new report.
Here’s the link to the source of this story and its even more interesting and exciting:
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/the-most-interesting-star-in-our-galaxy/410023/
“Brother Blue” is complete in first draft. Came in at 13,000 words, in the end, an awkward length to sell, but I like it. It’s what I think of as a Zelaznian world, strange and wonderful, though the story itself isn’t at all a Zelazny story.
A student at a magical college that travels between worlds is separated from his friend, and strives to understand how the College works so he can get back to where his friend lives. Along the way, he has to deal with multiple distractions and temptations to abandon his quest, but each time, he chooses the path of love. It’s a celebration of the power of friendship, and the family that we choose for ourselves.
It could probably stretch into a novella – there are a couple of places with potential to expand, though they’re kind of digressions to the main thrust of the story. But I think I’ll try it out on the market as a novelette first, after my editor’s been over it.
A good summary of the pitfalls of stereotyping “crazy” characters.
Full of good stuff for one of my works-in-progress.
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-humans-could-become-our-own-walking-hard-drives
Via Larry Panozzo: a cunning plan to hack the nervous system in order to help chronic pain, PTSD and other issues.