When considering my top five science fiction inventions I have tried to leave out the obvious that form the backbone of science fiction. Those are of course space travel and in particular faster than light […]
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5 more reasons writers should blog
Some months ago I wrote a blog, ‘5 reasons why writers should blog’. Well many more weeks of blogging have strengthened my belief of how important it is, to me at least as a writer. […]
Is e-publishing changing the length of a book?
Looking on my book shelves at some of the science fiction that first inspired me I see books that at most are 250 pages. My copy of Asimov’s Foundation and Empire is less than 200 […]
‘If it doesn’t move the story along, take it out,’ – good advice or not?
OK, hands up, who’s been given, or read the advice that: ‘if it doesn’t move the story along, take it out’? Or at least words to that effect. My guess is just about every writer […]
Space exploration and Scifi – why we need them both.
In the Saturday Times magazine of the 18th January I read the column by Caitlin Moran, as I usually do. I like her irreverent somewhat sideways take on life. It makes you smile, but also […]