A Far Out Fantastic Site

Credit: Pixabay I apologise for the late posting. I didn’t start writing this week’s post until kind of last minute due to some sudden changes in plans. One of those involved finally getting to Encounters UFO Xperience UFO museum which I’ll have some photos from on my Instagram page soon, Keep looking out for them there. A couple weekends ago, I had the pleasure of hearing science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson speak and wanted to share with you some interesting ideas he had about the genre. I also have a little bit on the progress of my upcoming book of short fiction, "Bad Apps" . So, keep on readin'!   Kim Stanley Robinson Talk Kim Stanley Robinson is world famous for his Mars trilogy  of novels, but he’s also an author who's famous to my own local area. He resides in Davis CA, only 10 to 15 minutes away from my home. So, when I found out two Fridays ago that he was giving a talk at the Davis High School auditorium the very next day, I made sure to go.  An Eve

It's the first Wednesday of the month and so it’s time for another Insecure Writer’s Support Group (IWSG) post! In an IWSG post, we writers bring our writing challenges and problems out into the open to share with each other and try to offer solutions. We have an optional question of the month provided to us by the good people who coordinate the IWSG blog hop (See below). But this month's question I'm going to answer and explain in most of today's post. And the question for April is: Do you remember writing your first book? What were your thoughts about a career path on writing? Where are you now and how is it working out for you? If you're at the start of the journey, what are your goals?   Well, that last part of the question doesn't pertain to me too much and so I’ll just answer the previous two parts. I’ve been writing and publishing at least since the late 2001s, if you count technical and non-fiction writing that I did for various websites. I wrote and s

Credit: Pixabay Finally, the newsletter, “Night Creatures' Call”, for March, is out! I released it just last night, so, those of you who subscribed to it, check your inboxes. If you're not subscribed you can do so for free here . In this issue, I talk about my newest story that I'm revising for my upcoming book of short stories, "Bad Apps" . I talk about the story’s characterisation and its tentative title. So, what is that title? You have to subscribe to the newsletter to find out! If you subscribe to me by April 10th, I'll make sure you get the current issue in your inbox. That’s it for the news about the new issue of my author newsletter. Now for some other science fiction and fantasy news that I’ve found of interest! Well, most of it.  ‘Renfield’ Trailer I saw one of the trailers for the movie, "Renfield" , over the weekend. This movie tells the story of Universal’s Dracula and his hunt for human blood in modern day New Orleans, only it's tol