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.

Sanderson on Story Ideas

Here is some more advice from Brandon Sanderson’s English 318 class at BYU…

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Progress and sadness

First, I wish to note with great sadness the passing of President Gordon B. Hinckley.  He was a great man who had a deep and lasting impact on my life.  I don’t doubt that he is in a better place, reunited with his wife, but for me, here on Earth, it is still very sad. … Continue reading Progress and sadness

A new hypothesis on the infrequency of dating

I ran into a friend / old roommate at the library just now.  He greeted me by saying “so, you’re as lame as me for not being on a date Friday night?”  He then proceeded to give a very interesting hypothesis as to the meaning of this…

Advice from Brandon

So, I finally got around to blogging about last week’s English 318 class with Brandon Sanderson!  Here’s what we talked about…

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Thoughts on Arts and the Spirit of the Lord

My friend Andy wrote on her blog about this really powerful and influential talk by Boyd K. Packer about Mormonism and the arts.  I haven’t read this talk before, and all I can say is: wow.  Well, actually, that’s not all I can say, because I’m about to blog about it…