The unthinkable has happened. My trusted, beloved laptop, which has served me faithfully for almost three years, has died. I suspect it’s a problem with the motherboard. While I was in Jordan, the power cord sometimes had trouble making contact with the contacts in the power socket on the back. Now, it’s almost impossible to… Continue reading Why PCs are better than Macs
Author: Joe Vasicek
Joe Vasicek is the author of more than twenty science fiction books, including the Star Wanderers and Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus. He claims Utah as his home.
Thoughts on being busy
I was browsing through some Facebook notes I’d imported from my old blog (now nonexistent), and I came across an old book review I wrote for Momo by Michael Ende. Awesome book–I recommend it 110%. However, the thing that got to me was what I’d written about how the book made me think about how… Continue reading Thoughts on being busy
Figuring out my Characters
I am REALLY close to starting work on my next novel. It’s an exciting time. Last time, I didn’t do a lot of planning/worldbuilding before I started: I just had a bunch of general ideas and did the worldbuilding as I went along. This time, I’m doing something of an experiment: I’m doing most of… Continue reading Figuring out my Characters
Megaman DDR!
This makes me happy. It’s 2:30 am. My work here is finished.
A million different things to say
Wow. I feel like I have a million different things to say, and I’m not sure which one to start with. I just got back a couple of days ago from the Jordan study abroad, and I’m currently at “home” (or something similar but not quite it), here in Massachusetts. In a couple of days,… Continue reading A million different things to say
Critical Mass
Stars form when billions of tons of gas, scattered across space in the midst of an impossibly huge nebula, gradually come together through the attractive pull of gravity. Over the course of thousands of years, these gases slowly, almost imperceptibly come together, until they reach a critical mass. When that critical mass is achieved, the… Continue reading Critical Mass
Some thoughts on writing
I noticed something the other day when I went to write in Genesis Earth after a long hiatus. I reread the last few pages I’d written…and reading the story, it seemed a lot different to me than when I was writing it. The same thing happened to me when I started rereading The Lost Colony. … Continue reading Some thoughts on writing
Summer goals revision
So, it’s getting towards the end of the summer, I’m having a TON of awesome experiences out here in Jordan, I’ve practically abandoned the Quark writing group (for the time being…I’ll be back…), and I’m only 16,000 words into Genesis Earth, which I was hoping to finish before the end of the summer. My daily… Continue reading Summer goals revision
cool idea for nanowrimo
Now that I’m gone in the Middle East, the Quark writing group has to find its way without me at the helm. So far (as far as I know) it’s been going really well, with Travis moderating the online meetings–from what I’ve seen, we’ve even got a few new people coming out, which will be… Continue reading cool idea for nanowrimo
Genesis Earth
So last week I was in Israel/Palestine, traveling with the BYU study abroad group, seeing all the sites and everything, when my flash drive crashed. Real bad. This friend of mine on the trip who’s a data recovery expert downloaded all this software and tried to help, but the drive was not only completely wiped… Continue reading Genesis Earth