I'm writing short fiction again to get away from the novels for a while. One story (The United Danish Boksnarf Association) is already out and testing the waters at the short story markets.

The second (Life Around the Bend) has been giving me a bit of trouble, and until I started today I had no idea why. Then it struck me that the two characters ( ( Read more... )

Thanks to all of you who sent me your thoughts about my next writing project. Writing the premises up was a fun and productive way to think ideas through, and your feedback settled some of my doubts. I am going to write 'The Shadow Lens ( Read more... )

… is pretty much like choosing a new day job. I know I'll spend a lot of time on the next project--even more if you count the hours I'll be thinking about the project without writing. So I want to pick the right one: The one that's most fun to write, and the one that's most likely to sell. (Well, who doesn't want a fun job that pays the bills?) I ( Read more... )

I went to a seminar on 3D-printing and 'Augmented Reality' Monday night. The speaker (Jon Lund) also made some good points about pervasive computing-although they would have been more convincing if the WiFi in the room had been working *G*

The 3D-printing bit was perhaps the less interesting, as I'd heard about both sculpture printing and organ ( Read more... )

The winner of the Big-T contest have been found. The draw was made by the uncorruptable Mrs. D., using Random.org's sequence generator to find the three winners among the eligible contestants.

1st prize: Maria Schneider & April Vrugtman. Each win a $10 gift certificate to Amazon or B&N.

2nd prize: Jennifer Oliver & Whymzycal. Each win a copy of an ( Read more... )

Still time to enter the contest. Prizes from Amazon/B&N and Darwin's Evolutions. Win, Win, Win :-)

Winners will be drawn on Monday sometime during the evening here in Europe.

I had a wonderful EuroCon2011, where I tried my utmost to put away my habitually introvert self and talk to as many strangers as I could. That alone was worth the entire trip to Stockholm. Add to that a little exploring of the Swedish capital with my wife, and my visit only got better. And then there were the panels at EuroCon2011, and the ( Read more... )

As I've mentioned before, the words I use for telling stories are foreign. English isn't my first language, and that presents me with various problems but fortunately also a lot of possibilities.

1) A Free Ride to Science Fiction Land

Science fiction and fantasy are genres of Otherness. The genres share with us the possibilities of what could and ( Read more... )

Dear internet hive mind,

A recent post at Apex and the following debate (which I haven't followed due to sheer volume) reminded me of a panel I attended at Fantasticon in Copenhagen earlier this year.

Four panelists discussed candidates for 'The Best SF Novel of the Decade'. It had to be a stand-alone novel, and they said hands down that they weren't ( Read more... )

A local paper ran a story about rhythmic music and its financial woes. More to the point: the bars that host music events don't sell enough beer and booze, and now it seems some the stages may have to close.

I know what you're thinking: Rant coming up. Rant about the cultural minister, who fails to support rock music. Rant about the price of beer ( Read more... )