I have been writing, working on my long-delayed novel, and it's going WELL ( Read more... )

I like John Scalzi's style. I enjoyed a few of his books, and he is a bit like who I want to be when I grow up.

(Never mind the fact that he's 9 years younger than me.)

Here are two interesting items from the "About" page on Scalzi's daily blog, WHATEVER:

• In 2008, my novel The Last Colony plopped onto the New York Times bestseller list. My wife ( Read more... )

I'm finally getting into writing again. Today I have spent more time working on my writing than in all of the previous year ( Read more... )

 Last night I attended a several hour class dedicated to introducing writers to writing science fiction.  The class is held  each Wednesday evening starting last night for six sessions at the gorgeous 110 year old Corbin Arts Center (historical information and a single paltry photograph here).

The speaker for last night's session was local author ( Read more... )