Here are some jokes that (maybe) only a writer will find humorous: Writing is 10% typing and 90% staring at your computer trying to find a better way to describe someone eating a piece of toast. When I die and y’all go through my search history, you’ll be disappointed to find mostly just definitions for…
I know, I know: old news. But I didn’t read the book nor watch the movie when it first came out. I usually don’t care for books about video gaming, but I kept hearing good things about this one, so I dipped a toe in. Earnest Cline quickly pulls you into the world of the…
The ExoMars programme comprises two missions: the first – the Trace Gas Orbiter – launched in 2016 while the second, comprising a rover and surface platform, is planned for 2022. Together they will address the question of whether life has ever existed on Mars. This is a joint program between the European Space Agency (ESA)…
I’ve been reading a great little “How-To” book on writing recently. The subtitle is “Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different,” and that’s pretty much what the book is – a memoir of the author’s epiphany moments. There are chapters titled “Textures,” “Tensions,” and “Troubleshooting,” interspersed with “Postcards from the Tour” chapters…
I’ve decided to title the chapters with some of Tell’s song lyrics. Of course, this means I now have to write said lyrics … Here’s a sample of the inner workings of my favorite half-velyr: Do you see me? Do you know me? Am I just a backdrop scene? My Melancholy Around and around and…
This is a great little debut novel by writer Alix E. Harrow. It’s more of a fantasy rather than sci-fi, but I enjoyed reading it and hope the author keeps writing. January Scaller is a young girl raised in a huge old mansion by a rich old collector. At times, she feels like just another…
I came across this article in Discover, written in 2000. I thought it’d be interesting to see what they got right and where they missed the mark. Here’s their list: We’ve come a long way from 2000, but it’s not the future yet …
An ancient drawing of a demon blamed for epileptic seizures has been discovered on a 2,700-year-old Assyrian clay tablet. The tablet came from the library of a family of exorcists who lived in about 650 B.C. in the city of Assur, now in northern Iraq. But it’s likely it was copied from a much older text.…