Worlds within worlds
Over on Twitter, I post an occasional topic with the hashtag #RandomNovelResearch. (Okay, just searched the hashtag and my old tweets and discovered that I haven’t posted a #RandomNovelResearch item in a couple of months – but that doesn’t mean they’re not pretty cool! I’ll post more, promise!) Anyway, my point was that as I’m writing along, happily making stuff up, I occasionally find myself wanting to know if what I’m making up has the slightest Read More …
You have to visit this NASA Science News page – and watch the videos. They’re awesome, just awesome. Trust me on this. Have I ever led you astray? This is going into a story… not sure when or how, but wow, how could I not use it?
The last space shuttle blasted off today. I’m sad about that, and not just because I’m a science fiction writer. I know there are those who complain about the cost of sending people out into space, and who will argue about the overall ROI until the sun goes nova, but I see our reach for the stars as something more than just a scientific/economic/military/political venture. In ancient days, we looked up at the night sky Read More …