My short story, "HMS Mangled Treasure: The Rescue of Mr. Spaghetti", has come out! It is in SciPhi Magazine, Issue #5. Here is a 5 star review from Amazon: Could not be better! The stories are very good, of course. The excellent Beyond the Mist by Ben Zwycky continues. HMS Mangled Treasure by L. Jagi Lamplighter…
Ever wonder why you are having such a hard time getting along with that once-dear friend who is now on the far side of the political Great Divide? This post might help bridge that knowledge gap. These illustrations are from an article on cameras that can be found Cambridge In Colour Many years…
This subject has been quite topical recently. I thought a longer treatment than fit in a Facebook comments box was due. Imagine that you had a friend. He was clever and funny, loyal, brave and generous. He had done some wonderful things for your family. BUT he posted some very odious ideas online. Let’s say…
Today, I thought I would do a post explaining the concept of the Needs of Drama vs. The Needs of Culture using visual aids. Normally, I avoid things quite this tacky, but it is such a simple way to make the point. I hope my readers will for give me for the lapse. (Originally, I…
Today we have a guest post from author Suzannah Rowntree. She speaks on a subject near and dear to my heart. I am a big believer in creativity in our writing…but I find that a lot of calls for originality in form and writing are like telling an artist that they cannot use perspective in…
History has overlooked one of my favorite Star Trek characters. You never hear her name any more, even though you hear Uhura all the time. But no one ever mentions Nurse Chapel, but I loved Nurse Chapel as a girl. Because she loved Spock. The thought of the unrequited love that this fine young woman…
I want to write a brief post about why I love Spock, but many snow days have severely decreased my productivity. So that will have to be for next week. In the meantime, I have been meaning for some time to post John's Book of Gold essay as part of our Superversive Blog. John C.…
The Superversive Literary Movement Good storytelling. Great ideas. Greetings, and welcome to the first post of the new Superversive Literary Movement blog, which will appear here on Wednesdays (or occasionally Thursday, if life interferes.) Our very first post is an introduction to the concept of Superversiveness by Mr. Superversive himself, Tom Simon! The Art of Courage…