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DUNE!

So Mrs. Vasicek and I saw the new Dune movie in theaters last weekend, and let me just say, it was awesome in every sense of the word! Speaking as someone who’s read the novel three times and fervently believes it to be the most perfect science fiction book ever written, this movie did not… Continue reading DUNE!

A quick update and the future of this blog

So as you’ve probably noted by now, I’ve dropped out of doing nanowrimo. I was hitting all the daily milestones more or less until the halfway mark, when 1) I finished the novella In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight, and 2) we left for Nebraska to spend Thanksgiving with my in-laws. Between those two things,… Continue reading A quick update and the future of this blog

NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Ten

Words Written Today: 2,255 Children of the Starry Sea: 0 In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight: 2,255 Science Fiction from A to Z: 0 Total Words Written: 17,374 Total Words Remaining: 32,626 Total Words Ahead: 704 Making good progress on In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight. With luck, I’ll finish it tomorrow or Friday.

NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Nine

Words Written Today: 2,079 Children of the Starry Sea: 0 In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight: 2,079 Science Fiction from A to Z: 0 Total Words Written: 15,119 Total Words Remaining: 34,881 Total Words Ahead: 116 Pretty good writing day, though it could have been better. A lot of outside distractions. Got really sucked into… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Nine

NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Six

Words Written Today: 1,454 Children of the Starry Sea: 1,454 “In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight”: 0 Science Fiction from A to Z: 0 Total Words Written: 10,992 Total Words Remaining: 39,008 Total Words Ahead: 990 Passed the 10k word mark today! Woo hoo! Unfortunately, though, I did not hit word count—I think missing it… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Six

NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Five

Words Written Today: 943 Children of the Starry Sea: 0 “In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight”: 943 Science Fiction from A to Z: 0 Total Words Written: 9,538 Total Words Remaining: 40,462 Total Words Ahead: 1,203 Not a good writing day, unfortunately. Had to do laundry at the laundromat, due to the plugged sewer line,… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Five

Navigating Woke SF, Part 4: Götterdämmerung

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation today, after his sexual harrassment scandal that has seen an overwhelming number of women come forward. As tempted as I am to dive into the politics of this story, I bring it up only to provide context for this: Yeah, I’m cringing too. For the last several years—arguably, since… Continue reading Navigating Woke SF, Part 4: Götterdämmerung