We’re out and about today, and I’m finding inspiration in both natural and human worlds. I don’t have time to get started right now, but I’ve got two story ideas competing for space in my head. I look forward to chasing them down soon.
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Posts Tagged ‘writing’
In Pursuit
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, genre fiction, inspiration, Thoughts, writing on March 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »
On a Bit of a Tear
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, genre fiction, productivity, reading, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »
This isn’t something I would normally say, but I think I’m reading a little too much.
I’ve been on a bit of a tear, rereading some of my favorite stories. I’ve just finished to the tenth book plus spinoffs in one series, and I think I need to slow down after this.
It’s cutting into my writing time.
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The Nebula Award Finalists
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, awards, books, Clarkesworld, genre fiction, inspiration, Nebula Awards, short stories, Uncanny, Writers, writing on March 22, 2024| 1 Comment »
Fun, new reading recommendations! SFWA Announces the Finalists for the 59th Nebula Awards – SFWA
Here are links to the short story and novelette finalists. Most are free to read. For the full list with info links (including those below), see Finalists for the 59th Nebula Awards | MetaFilter.
Nebula Award for Novelette
- “A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair,” Renan Bernardo (Samovar)
- “I Am AI,” Ai Jiang (Shortwave) — Goodreads / StoryGraph
- “The Year Without Sunshine,” Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny)
- “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down The Moon,” Angela Liu (Clarkesworld)
- “Saturday’s Song,” Wole Talabi (Lightspeed)
- “Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge,” Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny)
Nebula Award for Short Story
- “Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont,” P.A. Cornell (Fantasy)
- “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200,” R.S.A. Garcia (Uncanny)
- “Window Boy,” Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld)
- “The Sound of Children Screaming,” Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare)
- “Better Living Through Algorithms,” Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld)
- “Bad Doors,” John Wiswell (Uncanny)
I read this delightful short by R.S.A. Garcia with lunch: Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200 – Uncanny Magazine
You could meet him if you want but take off the recorder first. I tell you my story, but you have to ask him if you want to hear his.
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Use What You’ve Got
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #messyfeels, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Procrastination can get in anyone’s way but I’ve also noticed creative people in particular can get all caught up in their messy feelings about their work and whether or not the conditions are right for them to channel their muse. If working in journalism has taught me anything it’s that there is no “right” time and there are no “right” conditions; there is the time you have. You use the materials you’ve got. And the first precondition of getting anything done at all is trying to do it.
— Stephanie Convery
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Sci-Fi Book Blast
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, free fiction, genre fiction, science fiction, sff, Writers, writing on March 16, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Today only (well, yesterday and today, for any time travelers out there)!
Free free free book giveaway from a wide array of science fiction authors. I heard about it through Krista D. Ball, another SFCanada member who is part of the event.
Here’s the main link: Sci-fi Book Blast March 15 – 16, 2024
Books available in the following categories: Adventure, Alien Invasion, Colonization, Crime & Mystery, Cyberpunk, Dystopian, First Contact, Galactic Empire, Humor, Military, Post-Apocalyptic, Short Story Anthologies, Space Opera, Time Travel
Note: it does say to be sure to check that the link is free because database updates don’t always work like they should, and I did run across a few that were either not free or not available. That said, there are over a hundred books in the list so lots to choose from.
I ended last night in a bit of a funk because I 1) finished my book, and 2) the ending was disappointing as hell. Was it supposed to be a dramatic climax and just fizzled, or was the author so committed to his (also annoying) cliffhanger that he decided to just bypass the climax altogether? Ugh.
Either way, I am very much in the market for a new book and new authors, so this giveaway is excellent timing. Hope you find something you like!
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Uniquely You
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, genre fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.”
— Neil Gaiman
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You Know How It Goes
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #notwriting, adulting, writing on March 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I was all excited to work on a story but thought, “No, I shall do some quick adulting in the form of taxes, and then I shall feel worthy of fun times spent in Funlandia!”
You know how this story goes. I am chest-deep in forms, statements, receipts and more, with no end in sight.
Sorry, Funlandia, just one more mountain to climb.
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Achieving Greatness
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, quotes, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »
To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.
— Leonard Bernstein
I found this line at a fun site that serves up quotes based on your mood: APLIFT. And given my lack of time today, it fits.
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Reading Clarkesworld
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, free fiction, genre fiction, inspiration, Writers, writing on March 4, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The award-winning SFF magazine Clarkesworld recently released their Best Of 2023 list based on reader votes. While I don’t always love every Best Of story out there, I do like using those lists as starting points to explore new and interesting writers.
If you do too, check out the top 3 short stories and longer-form works.
Editor’s Desk: The Best from 2023
Best Novelette/Novella
3rd Place: “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down the Moon” by Angela Liu (novelette)
2nd Place: “Light Speed Is Not a Speed” by Andy Dudak (novelette)
2023 Winner: “To Sail Beyond the Botnet” by Suzanne Palmer (novella)
Best Short Story
3rd Place: “Window Boy” by Thomas Ha
2nd Place: “Day Ten Thousand” by Isabel J. Kim
2023 Winner: “Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer
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Clearing the Decks for Creativity
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Thoughts, today not so much, Writers, writing on March 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »
It’s the weekend and I feel I should be using my time for creative work, but instead I have a long and growing list taking up space in the back of my mind (and on Post-its fluttering from desk to pocket to pile). This list includes both the ignorable (“clean basement, for real this time”) and the not so much (“Taxes!”).
So I’ll just go take care of that, shall I?
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