A Marathon of Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Endevours
For today’s post I’m going to share some of the things I took away from the 20 Books Vegas 2019 conference today. One of the speakers was Dean Wesley Smith, icon of the industry and writer of novels spanning Star Trek, Men in Black, and Spider Man. Out of the eight things he mentioned, several…
I attended the Newcomer Orientation for 20Books Vegas 2019 tonight. The speaker was Terry Mixon, author and co-host of the Dead Robot’s Society Podcast. This was very appropriate, since Dead Robot’s was one of the first writing podcasts I started listening to. In fact, I found out about 20 Books to 50k through the podcast…
Right now I’m packing for my flight tomorrow to Vegas. I’ll be attending the 20 books to 50k event. I have a full schedule of sessions and panels to go to, so for the next week I’ll be updating you on the ones I attend. With any luck, I’ll be able to keep up with…
“Oh, by the way,” he added. “The jacket and vest are flame retardant and mildly projectile proof.” Zander stared at him wide eyed. “Remind me to tell you about the time we played Armstrong Station. It was before you joined us. Nothing you need to worry about though, now that the jacket is flame retardant.”…
My day was filled with “work” related tasks today. I am behind my word count goal. But that’s ok. Really. Instead of offering information, humor, or words of wisdom today I bring you this picture of a meditating sloth. Enjoy.
Today in my story we added drone butterflies to the mix. They will play a small role later in the story. It turns out these little things are quite as science fiction as they sound. Here is a link to a Popular Science article (photo above is from that) that shows a flock of drone…