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There are some posts and pages on this site that seem to upset people. They either like them or hate them, but for some reason they are mentioned in discussion forums or blog posts.
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The webmaster, Keith P. Graham, has been contributing to this site for about 15 years. This is Keith’s personal website and does not claim to be an authority or an expert in anything.
Keith Graham has written and sold 50 or so Science Fiction stories. He plays very bad Blues Harmonica and keeps bees and sells the honey. Keith is a fairly famous computer programmer and hacker going back to the early days of the IBM PC. He has written thousands of programs for love and money including utilities, games and large financial systems for major clients like IBM, Lockheed and the City of New York.
The opinions expressed on these pages are my own and do not even pretend to carry any weight or authority. I write for my own pleasure. Please do not argue. Trolls will be banned. If you disagree with my opinions, you should get a website of your own, and maybe you will eventually get 10,000 hits a day, just like this site.
Keith P. Graham
It’s good to have laws for science fiction writing, or any type of writing. Laws is probably too strong a word … ‘rules’ would likely be better. To be real though, there’s only one rule in writing that matters, and that is “you can break all the writing rules whenever you want”. The caveat being, you need to understand and have a good reason why your breaking it.
I am an amateur novelist dabbling in SF. Please connect me with a novelist who can answer this question: Let’s say a USA physicist found a way to make an information time machine. Such a device could be a threat to national security if it fell into the hands of our enemies, because it would give them a military advantage to know future events or futuristic weaponry. Question: What federal agencies would get involved in regulating or controlling the development of such a device? I will compensate the person who helps me by purchasing his or her latest novel.
Paul Gerard Dextraze
paulgdextraze@gmail.com
I’ve been trying to find a way to contact you and every way seems to be blocked… can you drop me a line?
Jeff Folger
Hi Keith!
I just shared your blog about the ten laws of good science fiction through the facebook page for my book, 101 Writing Prompts for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers. You have a great site!
I am having trouble locating an email address for you, so I’ll just come out and ask: would you be interested in taking a look at my book? If so, I’ll gladly send a copy your way. Absolutely no pressure to review it, but I have a feeling your audience is my audience.
http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Prompts-Fantasy-Science-ebook/dp/B0087WOHNO/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1338566454&sr=1-2
[quote]The opinions expressed on these pages are my own and do not even pretend to carry any weight or authority. I write for my own pleasure. Please do not argue. Trolls will be banned. If you disagree with my opinions, you should get a website of your own, and maybe you will eventually get 10,000 hits a day, just like this site.[/quote]
Are you my long lost twin brother or something?
Out of all the comments I’ve read on this site, this little “screw you” disclaimer is the best. Stuff like that has gotten me banned for life from more forums than I can count.
But then again, according to them — I can’t count very high.
Keep up the good work and try not to get stung too many times in one day.
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Amar Mehta
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