What I like about outlining is that I can use it to time-shift my creativity.
Take today. It’s chilly, a grey, depressing Auckland overcast. The cats have deactivated themselves until the sun comes back out, or until dinner, whichever is the sooner. Creativity is at a low ebb.
But I have stuff outlined that I can work on, and I know if I do I’ll be able to make some progress.
Anthologies I would like to see
(And will probably have to end up editing myself, God forbid.)
1. Runyonesque. Stories in the distinctive style of Damon Runyon. There was a lovely one from Maria Dahvana Headley in, I think, The Very Best of Tor.com last year, “The Tallest Doll in New York City,” and Mike Resnik has one that I just saw reprinted in Funny Fantasy. I’m sure I’ve seen at least one other. Also, I’ve written one.
2. Unevenly Distributed. Stories that pick up on William Gibson’s observation about the science-fictionality of today. (His recent novels also use current technology in a science-fictional way.) Maybe Robin Sloane could be persuaded to contribute?
What unusual themed anthologies would you like to see? Go large.
A few people have asked me, after I’ve read their books and pointed out issues that their editors missed, whether I take editing clients myself.
Up until now, the answer has been “no”, but that’s just changed. At least for the month of May, my wife and I are taking on a few select clients. If you’re interested in being one of them, take a look at what we offer.
(Signal boost appreciated, especially if you can personally attest to my skill at spotting punctuation errors, homonym issues and the like.)
A third of the year has gone, and I’m halfway to my target number of short story submissions (30/60).
Originally shared by David Brin
Scientists are making some progress in learning how to manipulate the microbiome, a realm that I predict will bring the 21st Century’s first truly major medical transformations – because the array of bacteria living within us, while large and complex, is inherently linear and ought to be well-corelated, soon, with genes, body types, diet and lifestyle. Already there are pushes to alter many longstanding practices, as described in Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues.
Originally shared by Mary Robinette Kowal
There are some things you need to understand about yourself and about how community works, before you approach a reader and truly, before you even start the project in which you plan to represent a marginalized community. It’s good, and important, to want…
Number 23 is actually pretty good.
Do you know of SFF people being excellent to one another or to others? Let Jim Hines know.
Originally shared by Jim Hines
http://www.jimchines.com/2016/04/help-me-share-the-awesome-side-of-sff/
Serious question: Do organizations tend to evolve in the direction of bureaucracy because that’s inherent to how people work, or just because we’re used to working that way? And how might we stop that from happening, in either case?
Originally shared by Jennifer Ouellette
Wikipedia Is Basically a Corporate Bureaucracy, According to a New Study http://gizmodo.com/wikipedia-is-basically-a-corporate-bureaucracy-accordi-1746955234 …
http://gizmodo.com/wikipedia-is-basically-a-corporate-bureaucracy-accordi-1746955234
Via Winchell Chung. I have a mid-future solarpunk setting currently cooking, and in the first story I’ve started for it, the main character’s mother runs the cattle vats for the vertical village.
Originally shared by Transhumanism Videos
http://www.sciencealert.com/lab-grown-burger-patty-cost-drops-from-325-000-to-12