Via Popular Science: This Time Lapse Video of the Very Large Telescope At Work is the Coolest Thing You'll See Today. It's about eight minutes long, and your 100,000-word SF novel should create a greater sense of wonder than this does. Good luck.
Some of My Books
The Fall of the Republic
In a parallel timeline, 1990s America discovers the chronoplanes: parallel worlds at different points in history.Rogue Emperor
The hijacking of the Roman Empire, 100 AD, by 21st-century Christian fundamentalists, in the second of the Chronoplane Wars novels.The Empire of Time
My first novel, published in 1978, but the last in the Chronoplane Wars trilogy.Gryphon
"Write a space opera," my editor said. So I did, with some nanotech thrown in.Tsunami
A companion novel to Icequake, set mostly in California.Icequake
A disaster thriller (Antarctic ice sheet surges into ocean), dated but still fun.Eyas
Originally published in 1982, and still the novel I'm most proud of.
My Blogs
- Ask the English Teacher
Questions and answers about English usage. - Bridging the Income Gap
Why inequality is hazardous to your health. - Camila Vallejo in English
Tracking a political phenomenon - H5N1
News and resources about avian flu - Jou Tou and Silk Road Music
About a couple of remarkable Vancouver world-music groups. - Neat Stuff
Serendipitous discoveries around the Web. - On Education
Schools for a civil society. - Pioneers
Blogging the Black pioneers of British Columbia - Sointula
"Place of Harmony"—a remarkable community on BC's central coast. - Write a Novel
An online guide for fiction writers. - Sell Your Nonfiction Book
And use online resources to research, write, and publish it. - Writing Fiction
Advice and suggestions on how to write and sell short stories and fiction. - Writing for the Web
About the surprising new genres emerging on the Web.
Writers' Blogs and Sites
- Beacon Literary Services (Julie H. Ferguson)
- Charlie Stross
- Cynthia Harrison - A Writer's Diary
- feeding change - liam o'donnell blogs
- George Orwell Diaries
- Inkygirl: Daily Diversions For Writers
- John Baker’s Blog
- Lensey Namioka
- Naptime Writer
- Nothing to write home about
- Online Journalism Blog
- Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Spinning
- Terry Bisson Story Showcase
- Terry Glavin
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Victoria Mixon
- VONNEGUT•COM -- The Official Website of Kurt Vonnegut
- Zoe Cormier
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Sensible tips about very challenging genres—children's and young adult fiction. - Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop
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The Writers' Union of Canada has useful information here. - Business Writing: Expert Advice and Online Resources
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A very impressive database that I plan to use a lot. - FreelanceWriting.Com
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By the creator of the late lamented Inkspot, a super site for writers. - La pagina del romanziere
My "Fiction Writer's Page" translated into Italian by Giuseppe Bertani. - Links for Hungry Writers
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- Northrop Frye on the Bible and Literature
Highly recommended for any fiction writer. - Publication Coach
- Publishers Weekly
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- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.
I've never belonged, but SFWA is a highly professional organization. If SF or fantasy is your genre, this is a site for you. - Scribblepad.co.uk
- SpecFicWorld.com
Resources for writers and readers of science fiction and fantasy. - Terribly Write
You don't want to show up here as a sad example of bad writing. - The Authors Guild
- The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) - Home Page
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- The Golden Pencil
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Commentary on print and online little magazines. - Warnings and Cautions for Writers--Writers' Alerts
Very useful, but depressing when you think of all the people trying to make a crooked buck off the dreams of aspiring writers. - WordDragon
- Write a Novel
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