My story “Gator and the Big Buzz” was officially accepted at FFO today. Here’s how that happened.
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Posts about the craft of writing.
Mixing Ingredients to Create New Science Fiction Stories
This post will explore yet another way to come up with compelling stories: mixing together ideas from other stories you’ve read.
Continue readingTurning Everyday Life into Science Fiction Story Ideas
In this post I’ll discuss how I use everyday events to create premises for new science fiction and fantasy stories.
Continue readingHow to Dream Up New Science Fiction Story Ideas
In this post I discuss several techniques for generating science fiction and fantasy story ideas from dreams, including techniques to increase the chances of dreaming and recalling your dreams.
Continue readingCreative Exercise: Sentence Blurting
Here’s an interesting way to warm up before writing: I call it Sentence Blurting. Occasionally this exercise results in an idea for a story or a scene, but I use it mainly just to put myself into a writing frame of mind.
Continue readingThe Short Story Funnel: Tune Up Your Writing Process
In this post I present a model for short story development, from initial idea through sale, as a way to improve your writing productivity.
Continue readingCover Art: Brittle Daydreams Vol. 1
Just finished a new draft of the cover for my upcoming short story collection “Brittle Daydreams Volume 1”.
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