Posted in SFF: People, SFF: Writings, Writing: The process on Nov 28th, 2009
Ladies and gentlemen, let me proudly announce that the estimable Elisabeth Waters has passed the 50,000-word finish line, making her a winner in the 2009 National Novel Writing Month. Reviving Fate is officially a going concern.
To prepare for it, I strongly recommend that you read Changing Fate, published by DAW Books and available in e-book, [...]
Posted in Podcasting, SFF: Writings on Nov 18th, 2009
Clerk’s Log, MJDate 55153.21: *ahem* As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted …
Tales of space encounters abound in the annals of SFF literature, from the romances of Cyrano de Bergerac to H.G. Wells’s The First Men in the Moon to Bradbury’s S is for Space to Niven’s Ringworld stories and far beyond. [...]
Posted in Podcasting, SFF: Writings on Oct 27th, 2009
Clerk’s Log, MJDate 55131.5: Although Labor Day is well behind us, the Fourth Quarter of 2009 is just under way. On that businesslike note, therefore, allow me to highlight some stories you might wish to investigate.
Posted in SFF: Writings, Writing: The process on May 22nd, 2009
“Personally, I believe color television to be impossible. Since it obviously exists, I shall act as though I believed in it. We must do the same with this Energy Damper.”
— Illya Kuryakin, in David McDaniel, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Dagger Affair
In the world of Metamor City, magic and technology evolve side by side. This [...]
Posted in Podcasting, SFF: People, SFF: Writings on May 10th, 2009
Clerk’s Log, MJD 54961.9: Oops … drat. <sigh> Thus do I break the pattern of posting the TPRT article before the subject production comes to an end. Making the Cut is now complete and available at www.metamorcity.com. Check it out — you won’t regret it. And the novel’s parent production, The Metamor City Podcast, is [...]
Posted in General, Podcasting, SFF: Writings on Dec 27th, 2008
Philippa Ballantine: Gloria Platt, mother of the deceased
P.G. Holyfield: Arames Kragen, detective; Arrin Perti, student; et al.
Chris Lester: [Not in this production]
Tee Morris: Father Jorrus, undead-hunter
Web site: http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/
It’s all in the game
All four of the works discussed in this series are impressive not only because of their imagination but also because of the amount of [...]
Posted in General, Podcasting, SFF: People, SFF: Writings, Theology & SFF, Writing: The process on Nov 29th, 2008
[Remastering] was a wise decision. Not only has Mr. Morris chosen voice actors who have the skill to deliver the lines well and to fit together in an ensemble, the addition of vocal variety and sound effects both magnify the story’s greatest asset, which is spectacle.
Posted in General, Podcasting, SFF: Writings on Jul 26th, 2008
Two worlds face destruction, one of them ours. The key to rescuing both lies in the hands of a descendant of the gods. And you know his name.
Posted in General, Podcasting, SFF: Writings on Jul 23rd, 2008
Sometimes the calendar makes strange demands on us. In this case, it requires that we present the following press release “out of order,” as it were; but then, we’re dealing not only with two good books and two fine authors, but also with two hemispheres and two time zones — so the time is out [...]
Posted in General, SFF: Writings, Theology & SFF on Jan 18th, 2008
For those of you who wondered how soon I’d make it into print again…
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