OK I’ll admit it. I’ve never read Bob’s sci-fi stories, even though we’re in a writing group together & I consider him a friend. However, I’m remedying this by starting with The Dust of Stars. This is the first in a series, so if I really like it, there are others I can snag to…
So I’ve been elected Board Member at Large with the local Sisters in Crime chapter, specializing in working on our new website. We’ve just about finished with it, only we now have a new problem. The chapter has been hosting Zoom meetings with guest lecturers and some of them seem to have expired somehow–or at…
I’ve recently found some streaming channels (contained on something called Frndly TV for $6 a month) that show classic sci-fi shows like Star Trek. Of course, I’ve seen every episode of TOS and TNG so often I can usually quote lines along with the actors, but they’re fun to listen to as I work on…
I’ve started the Thunder and Lightning series (Red Thunder, Red Lightning, Rolling Thunder, and Dark Lightning) by John Varley. So far, I’m enjoying the read. It does remind me of Robert Heinlein, as advertised, with most of the emphasis on character development and teenagers coming into maturity. In the first book, an eccentric Cajun backwoodsman…
It’s First Wednesday, so time for another Insecure Writer’s Support Group post! August 2 question: Have you ever written something that afterwards you felt conflicted about? If so, did you let it stay how it was, take it out, or rewrite it? I almost always feel conflicted about something in my writing! I worry that…