The end of the year. Normally a time for reflection on the year. Honestly, though, my accomplishments can be boiled down to the following: Published in two anthologies this year. Completed draft of a full-length novel Attended two (smaller scale) workshops Kept my job for a full year Kept my personal life relatively intact Continued… Continue reading Not-So-Cyberpunk 2020
Author: urdith
Would be author, photographer and dreamer living in the corporate world.
Not So SMART Goals
SMART Goals: The holy grail of getting things done. Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Timely goals. It’s a corporate mantra, spoken at every HR review. We want to set goals which can be achieved – vague language is for mission statements. For writing, a SMART goal sounds like this: Complete second draft of three (3), 5000-word… Continue reading Not So SMART Goals
One Step from The Horror
Mel Brooks once said, “Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.” One of my media professors used to talk about this as dramatic distance. The closer you are to an event, emotionally, the impact of an event changes. Or, put it another way, it’s… Continue reading One Step from The Horror
That Voice – No, not that one. The other one!
Do you hear that voice? Just over your shoulder, at the edge of your hearing. No, not the one yelling about a Meat Bicycle! Or the one saying, "You're the crunch, and I'm the Captain!" That voice we're used to dealing with, because it's the engineer on the Poop Train. Or Hamlet. And I'm not… Continue reading That Voice – No, not that one. The other one!
Where’s Andrija? Or How to Get My Stuff
My third appearance in a ZNB anthology has been out in the world for quite a bit. PORTALS features my story, "Hard Times in the Vancouver Continuum," alongside an amazing array of authors. The ZNB team specializes in making great theme anthologies and the next set of themes has been announced. I've got two stories… Continue reading Where’s Andrija? Or How to Get My Stuff
The Quality of Character
J. Michael Straczynski has a new biography out. He’s been someone I’ve followed, knowing and unknowingly, through the years. The first time I recognized his name showing up was in episodes of The Real Ghostbusters. But one thing will always be tied to JMS in my memory: Babylon 5 and its ill-fated successor, Crusade. The… Continue reading The Quality of Character
Now You’re Thinking with PORTALS
Three days from now, my third appearance in a ZNB anthology will be published. PORTALS features my story, "Hard Times in the Vancouver Continuum," alongside an amazing array of authors. The ZNB team specializes in making great theme anthologies, and I honestly wait to hear when the next round of anthologies will be announced. Writing… Continue reading Now You’re Thinking with PORTALS
Memento Mori – Paul Darrow, Tanith Lee, and “Sarcophagus”
Actor Paul Darrow passed away this week after a brief illness, and the world is the lesser for it. You can check out any number of memorials, especially about his work on Blake’s 7, but for me, he had another honor. He is, as far as I know, one of two actors cast by my… Continue reading Memento Mori – Paul Darrow, Tanith Lee, and “Sarcophagus”
Introducing A.J. Harris
I was going to write a completely different post. I wanted to tell folks that my short story "Shelter From the Storm" has just been published in a new anthology: Stranded. The editor, Delilah Devlin, had a great post up about the anthology. Well, then this kinda happened: And then this: Which brings me to… Continue reading Introducing A.J. Harris
Happy Frelling Anniversary
I discovered one of my favorite TV shows, Farscape, by accident. And frell me dead, I'm so happy I found it. If TV science fiction was either contemplative neoclassical prog rock (Looking at you, Star Trek: TNG) or southern-fried Americana (Stargate SG:1), Farscape was Space Ritual era Hawkwind, complete with Lemmy stoned out of his… Continue reading Happy Frelling Anniversary
Biomechanoid Blues 