Luck has a very uneven and fickle hand, one that no one can truly rely upon. Instead, if you wish to avoid the yawning jaws of defeat and grasp the laurels of success, you need to be prepared. And writing is unlikely to be any different to any other creative process. Continue reading
I’m working on a kind of superhero story, provisionally called The Fly. The story is kind of a cross between Iron Man and Batman, but the principle character isn’t a multibillionaire; he’s just a guy caught up in the middle of a huge social upheaval that he’s trying to help fix, but isn’t as proficient as the aforementioned superheroes. Anyway, I’ve got what I call the “chronology” built to the half-way stage, and most of the villain’s criminal intentions built up.
After several years of thinking, I finally decided to act (or more precisely, leap) back into writing novels. But in the time between my last foray and now, the publishing game had changed, and self publishing is no longer the realm of the rich and resourceful. Now, self publishing is feasible, practical and accessible. Continue reading
Within the next week or so, I’ll be writing up what I’ve learned so far about self publishing, as a prelude to launching my first book, a short science fiction story called Earth Day.
In the same way we can imagine a utopia, we can also imagine a dystopia. For my part, I don’t imagine utopias, but by the same token, I don’t imagine dystopias either. I imagine the worst kind of horror. Continue reading
