Posts Tagged ‘sci-fi’

Author Reading: DIE BACK Ch.1

Posted: 22nd March 2019 by jazzdog in Audiocast, DIE BACK
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And now for something completely different. I thought I’d give recording an author reading a shot. This is the first time I’ve done this, so had to do a bit of education about Garageband, etc. This first reading is Chapter One: Jersey Legionnaire from DIE BACK. One thing I definitely learned from this experience is […]

On Becoming An Editor

Posted: 5th July 2016 by jazzdog in Uncategorized, Writing
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What happens when an author finds himself an editor? Like every writer out in the world, I have received loads of rejections from the non-response to the one line boiler plate to the occasional thoughtful note. I’ve had my blunders. Sending a query without the submission attached. Reviewing a submission post-query to find one too […]

TECH: Real Life Rocketships

Posted: 14th December 2015 by jazzdog in Technology
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When I was a kid one of my favorite book series was the Adventures of Tom Swift. The books, and there are over a hundred titles, were first published in 1910 and have continued in one form or another into the 21st century. Tom would think that was pretty cool. Each adventure centered around some […]

Writers League of Texas

Posted: 28th February 2014 by jazzdog in Award Winning, Conferences, Creativity, Novel, Texas, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, Uncategorized, Writing
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I’ve been featured on the Writers League of Texas blog to promote their literary contest. A sci-fi manuscript of mine, SHAPER, won in the sci-fi/fantasy category and the first Nick Sibelius novel, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, was a finalist in the 2011 contest. Check it out.  

Avoid the Trope Cliche

Posted: 23rd February 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Novel, Science Fiction, Teleportation, Tropes
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I recently caught the movie Jumper on cable (2008) — a bit of Hollywood fluff. One of those movies you tell people to wait for it to come out on DVD. Then out of curiosity, I picked up the novel used as the basis for the movie screenplay, Jumper by Steven Gould. Actually, the word […]

Art Becomes Life

Posted: 29th June 2011 by Richard Hacker in Uncategorized
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We’ve all heard the saying, “life becomes art.” Recently I had one of those life becomes art moments. On a trip back from Austin, an officer at the security check pulls me out, asking me to identify my backpack. I do, and he proceeds to take me to a search area and pull everything out […]