Category: science fiction
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Some Books I read this year: new and old science fiction favorites
I say science fiction and fantasy novels are my guilty pleasure. But do I really have anything to feel guilty about? Of course not. Science fiction is a way more respected genre than it was a few decades ago, and I’m not ashamed to day I enjoyed the following SF books this past year: Tiamat’s…
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How I Write My Scenes
“How do I write this story?” Take a deep breath. Writing a novel or short story starts with writing one word. Then one sentence. Then one paragraph. Then one scene. Stop right there. Let’s focus on the scene in fiction writing. Scenes are the basic building blocks of the fiction process, but how do I…
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Friday’s Findings
It’s hard to believe almost a year ago I attended my first Imaginarium conference. This event brings together writers and editors of science fiction, fantasy, horror and other genres that fit into the “speculative fiction” category. Imaginarium offers workshops on honing the fiction writing craft and marketing a writer’s products This year, due to COVID-19,…
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Dune: The Book That Made Me Love Reading
Loved this book since I was in high school, and I’ve read it several times over the years. Looking forward to this latest movie incarnation.
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Rereading A Book: Why You Should do It
Ah, the magic of revisiting a book I read long ago … This past weekend I finished reading Vernor Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep for the third or fourth time since the 1990s. Each time, I had forgotten just enough by each reread that I enjoy it as much as the first time. In…
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MY FAVORITE SF&F SHOWS, PART 5
Even though I should be writing, I couldn’t help but binge-watch these shows. Here are some I’ve watched in the past few weeks: His Dark Materials I’ve read the His Dark Materials trilogy a few times and watched the 2007 movie, The Golden Compass. Now HBO has made it a series and covers the first…
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WhereHow Now available for preorder
WhereHow, the third installment of my space opera series, Consortium, is now available as an ebook preorder on Amazon. Here’s a preview: At first, neither the ships nor the inhabitants of the ships interfered with them. That changed. WhereHow, Episode 3 of the Consortium The Xyce — the only known indigenous inhabitants from the WhereHow…
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Some good Storytelling advice
Sometimes, I go see a movie by myself. John Carter of Mars was one of them. I had read the book and was looking forward to watching the film. After sitting down in the theatre by myself, popcorn and soda in hand, I watched the previews. Then the featured movie lit up the screen. Even…
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Am I Crazy?
I haven’t blogged much for the past two weeks because I’ve been busy finishing my latest episode for my space opera series Consortium. The third book should be coming out July 15. I’ll post on here when it is available for pre-order. So, I have a few writing projects (or works-in-progress, as writers say) on…
Andrew M. Friday 