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
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.
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
Spin has spun me
Just last week, I finished one of the best science fiction books I’ve read all year! It’s called Spin, by Robert Charles Wilson, and I think it won a Hugo award. My first reaction, after reading the VERY satisfying ending, was “Wow! This book is everything that good science fiction should be!” My second reaction,… Continue reading Spin has spun me
Some things to work on
I just recently moved in to a homestay, where I’ll be living with an Arab family until the end of the summer. You can read about it on my other blog. It’s nice to have a routine now, because I have time in the evenings to go on my computer and write. The Wormhole Paradigm… Continue reading Some things to work on
Update from Jordan
So I haven’t updated this blog, and the blog stats show a steadily declining readership. But don’t worry, even though I’m halfway across the world, I’m still writing…
I’m in Jordan!
…and not writing a whole lot. I still haven’t figured out how things are going to work exactly, so I haven’t set any new goals yet for my writing. Probably I’m just going to end up writing 1,000 words a week, but I didn’t do too much last week because we were moving around so… Continue reading I’m in Jordan!