In case you missed it, the Geek Gab trio invited me to share a few thoughts on reading and writing this past weekend.  It’s not too late to drink from the well of my wisdom, or feast at the table of my obnoxiousness – either way, this is one...

You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay by Alyssa Wong has been nominated for a Hugo Award, and since the online conversation about the Hugo Awards is driven primarily by what authors look like, it might be nice to take a moment to do something very, very different – read...

A Teaser for my next release Things are really starting to cook here at Chateau Seagull.  The first draft of my next novel is complete.  It’s going to simmer for a while before the second pass through, but it should be available before the end of the month –...

I’ve made no secret about my hopes to read more works by the Old Reliables out there in the #PulpRevolution blog-o-sphere.  Well, Jesse Abraham Lucas isn’t content to sit around waiting.  Jesse is putting together an anthology: Back in the day a group of SF greats, Poul Anderson, Frank Herbert, Gordon...

Take it away Eleanor! Reading through coverage of this year’s Hugo nominated works, both in mainstream media and in the on-line circles thrilled by the results of E. Pluribus Unum, it’s striking how little conversation there is about…you know…the works themselves. From Wired: Another is that Best Novelette has...

Jim Fear and I had a great conversation recently, and this weekend you’ll be invited to listen in as he guides me through another sprawling conversation about life, sci-fi, and everything.  One of the topics that came up is the inevitable success of the Pulp Revolution, how to recognize...

C ongratulations to the Hugo Award finalists.   A few short thoughts on a few categories:Best Fan Writer: Jeffro JohnsonThis Jeffro guy is getting to be a regular fixture there.  He’s slowly becoming the Sally Fields of the Hugo Awards.  They should just give him one already, then maybe he’ll finally...

This might become a regular feature here, depending on the response.  Sometimes you get an idea for a story that doesn’t warrant the full treatment, but a writer ignores the muse at his peril. Vermin Dualalalop seeped back and forth along the back partition of the forward control orb. ...

Now is the best time to get into independently published science fiction.  Ignore what the marketing people have to say about it.  They deal only in raw, current numbers.  They look for today’s hotness and promise immediate returns, but you’re not interested in tomorrow, you’re looking at the long...

Not the official mock-up cover, but a man can dream… It’s been done before, but never quite like this. A G-plus discussion on the suitability of the pulp ethos for tales set in the modern world got completely out of hand over the weekend. Somebody threw down a gauntlet...