Are you familiar with Clarkesworld Magazine? Yes, as an AI language model, I am familiar with Clarkesworld Magazine. Clarkesworld is a monthly science fiction and fantasy magazine that publishes short stories, interviews, articles, and audio fiction. It was founded in 2006 by Neil Clarke, who serves as the magazine’s editor-in-chief. Clarkesworld has won several awards,… Continue reading A conversation with ChatGPT about AI-assisted stories
We have a new baby!
So the reason I haven’t posted anything here in a little over a week is because we had a new baby! This one is our second, and he’s our first baby boy. Unlike the last time, when Mrs. Vasicek went into labor around 7:30 PM and the baby was born in the early hours of… Continue reading We have a new baby!
Tim Pool is wrong
I like Tim Pool, and I think his reporting is generally quite good, so I’m definitely following him in the wake of the ongoing banking collapse here in the US. But I must respectfully disagree with him on one important point: The banks aren’t failing because they went woke. They went woke because they were… Continue reading Tim Pool is wrong
I wrote a story with ChatGPT…
…about a struggling magazine editor who has been swamped with poorly written AI-assisted stories by writers using ChatGPT. If that sounds hilariously meta, here is ChatGPT’s description of the story: “Quantum Worlds” is a science fiction story about Robert, the editor-in-chief of a struggling science fiction magazine. In a last ditch effort to save the… Continue reading I wrote a story with ChatGPT…
Children of the Starry Sea cover reveal!
Behold! This is the ebook cover for Children of the Starry Sea, coming out sometime this summer! If it looks familiar, that’s because I kept the art from my earlier experiments with Stable Diffusion—the feedback was so positive, including from my writing group, that I decided to make only a few minor tweaks, such as… Continue reading Children of the Starry Sea cover reveal!
Children of the Starry Sea: Chapter 1 (excerpt)
Here is an excerpt from my forthcoming novel, Children of the Starry Sea. It’s a direct sequel to Star Wanderers and the second book in what is going to be a trilogy. It’s also the longest book I’ve written since I started publishing more than ten years ago. The rough draft is already finished, and… Continue reading Children of the Starry Sea: Chapter 1 (excerpt)
An unpopular truth
Women who refuse to have children and men who forsake their responsibilities as fathers will be the downfall of our civilization. We all owe an incalculable debt to the generations that came before us, and the only way we can pay back any portion of that debt is to pay it forward. It’s not enough… Continue reading An unpopular truth
This scenario would fulfill Ezra’s Eagle
UPDATE (6 November 2024): I have written a new post with my post-election thoughts on the Ezra’s Eagle prophecy, as well as an in-depth analysis of the lost ten tribes and how they may (or may not) play into the apocryphal prophecy. Read about it here. UPDATE (12 August 2024): I don’t know why Google… Continue reading This scenario would fulfill Ezra’s Eagle
This is still one of the best videos on the internet.
I recently rediscovered this one, though I’m pretty sure I saw it fifteen years ago and forgot about it. Still one of the best videos on the internet.
I will never apologize for refusing to use sensitivity readers.
The Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming estates have been in the news lately, after their publishers have worked with committees of “sensitivity readers” to rework their books in order to make them less offensive to woke sensibilities. The outcry was so great that Roald Dahl’s publishers agreed not to go through with their plan to… Continue reading I will never apologize for refusing to use sensitivity readers.