Something Wicked This Way Comes is the best Halloween book ever written. Also (since that’s somewhat of a narrow category), it is one of the best all-around books ever written. And I truly think that Something Wicked is Ray Bradbury’ best. In fact, I’m kind of shocked at times when people tout Fahrenheit 451 as …
Continue reading It’s October — Time to Read SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES!
Yesterday I got a story “published.” I made a blog post about scifi podcasting magazines a few months back, and I truly believe that audio fiction will grow exponentially in future years. Books on tape have been around for decades, but with everything just so much more digital now, and devices so small… anyway, I’m …
Continue reading Follow-Up Thoughts on Getting a Story Podcasted
This is my first podcasted story, and my third paying piece of fiction overall. You can listen to it—or read it—on The Centropic Oracle by clicking here. The title is “Lizzy’s Last Chance,” and it’s about the fictional Djinn family. And hopefully some part of that name rings a bell! Now with that out of …
Continue reading “Lizzy’s Last Chance” Podcasted in THE CENTROPIC ORACLE (7:36)
I recently sold a story to a science fiction podcast. This is exciting news (to me, anyway!), because for the second time ever I'll get paid for writing, and for the first time something I’ve written will be performed. I don’t believe I can say more on that now, but did you know there are …
Continue reading Some of my Favorite Scifi Podcasting Magazines
A Wrinkle in Time is weird. It’s been very popular since Madeleine L’Engle (giving the late Ursula K. Le Guin a run for the name-pronunciation money) wrote it in 1963. Very soon it will also come out as a big-budget film, and I’m excited for that. Oprah is in the film, and Oprah’s never made …
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