Thoughts on Adapting Novels to Television
Adaptation of novel to screen is a difficult process, and there’s a lot to be learned about the art of storytelling in there.
Cyber crime, author marketing, and space operas
Last night I started reading Chuck Wendig’s cybercrime novel, Zeroes. So far, it’s a lot of fun. But fun is typically what I expect from Chuck. Zeroes has me thinking about other ways to assemble different characters. This one has a team that has to be assembled by a common thread, here in the form of a government agent. I may have figured out why the beginning of my scientists vs. kaiju story just didn’t work. Reading fiction for fun…
Friday and Other Good Things
Happy Friday, everyone! The first issue of Speculations is live! You can view the newsletter archive here, and use the form in the sidebar on this page to subscribe. This issue includes the cutest tiny crabs in the world. The other day I started brainstorming a short story, trying to come up with a fun scifi or fantasy setting to channel my general state of grumpiness about the wedding. That evolved into a piece of ancient history in my science fiction…