The Only Rule That Matters
There is a ton of advice for the aspiring writer. You used to have to take a class or buy a copy of Writers Digest […]
Rants
Living in a Van, Down by the River
by Raymond M. Coulombe One of the wonderful things about being a writer is the portability of the job. Theoretically, a writer can write […]
Post Apocalyptic Nonsense
by Raymond M. Coulombe Oh boy, is there are lot of post apocalyptic S/F stories out there or what? I must admit,for a number […]
Story Length?
By Raymond M. Coulombe How long should a story be? One could say it should be as long as it needs to be, no […]
Stories About People
by Raymond M. Coulombe You can have a good Science Fiction story that puts the science and technology front and center. You can also […]
The Fall of the Empire
by Patrick LeClerc So, this happened. For those of you too lazy to click the link, I’ll provide some background. The s/f cartoon Rick and […]
The Hero’s Journey
There are common themes in myth, literature, and for that matter, the human condition. For those of us who went to college during a […]
Return of the Sci-Fi World!
Let’s go way way back in time, a time so primitive that nobody had cell phones and we put men on the freaking moon. […]
Everybody Dies
I’m not a huge fan of stories where all the heroes die. Sorry, “Game of Thrones.” That’s too high a body count for my […]