I’ve cleaned up and spell checked the character sheet system that I wrote. I’ve added some historical and social items that E. Jim suggested. It seems to be be the most comprehensive sheet that I’ve been able to find by googling. I did not include things like “favorite color” – there has to be a […]
Wanderings
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Nyack Burger Hop
The old Lincoln dealership in Central Nyack, near the thruway overpass is now a burger joint. The burgers look good. It’s too bad that I gave up beef nearly a year ago. It must be lunch time, because my mouth is watering and my stomach grumbling. I guess I’ll go out and get a salad. […]
Eric on TV (cable news 12)
My friend Eric, who plays guitar with Frankie D. & the Boys, had his 15 seconds of fame when the local cable news channel featured him playing at one of the Nyack inaugural balls. If I had known he was going to be there I might have been able to sneak in without paying the […]
Inauguration Technology
I tried to watch the Inauguration Speech on the computer with streaming video and the tech failed miserably. Either the flow from the feeds was overloaded or else the local office network was. In any case I could not get anything but a word here and there. I would predict that in four years we […]
Fictional Character Profile
A couple of years agi I started writing an automated character sheet to document fictional characters. I wanted to change the character in a story that I am writing so I found it and finished it. It collects a bunch of information about a character and even does a couple of psychological profiles. It produces […]
Old Nuclear-Powered Soviet Satellite Acts Up
A 1987 nuclear device orbited by the Soviets is spewing radioactive debris. This has to be a good source of story ideas. I can see a modern techno-thriller based on this, or even a golden age type story. The solution to this problem must be technological, but an equally intriguing political aspect might be good […]
Suburban Archeology – Privy Digging
Privy diggers find and excavate old outhouses. Before there were dumps, people tossed their garbage in abandoned privies. Also things fell out of people’s pockets. Old privies have hundreds of old bottles in them. 150 year old bottles are highly collectable and good examples can go for hundreds of dollars. Privy digging is associated with […]
Dream a Little Dream
I saw this this morning. It is a nice start to a cold day. I enjoyed it quite a bit (once past the silly start). Good song, well done – with a ukulele!
Buy the Book!
I cleaned up my tab for Sonny Boy's Help Me and made it into a short book. There's a Kindle version for 99 cents, and if you buy the paperback you get the Kindle free.
Playing "Help-Me" In the Style of Sonny Boy Williamson II: A step by step, note for note analysis of some of Sonny Boy's Signature RiffsI also write Science Fiction, so you can sample some of my best stories. Also available in Kindle format.
Error Message Eyes: A Programmer's Guide to the Digital Soul
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I started reading Science Fiction in the 1950s. I started Writing SF in the 1960s. Then, I had a life.
Now I am retired, raising chickens and keeping bees. I am still an avid reader and I have sold about 70 stories in the last
20 years.
I have been collecting information about writing Science Fiction for many years now. Social media has replaced the Blog and
large dedicated websites, so the pages here are mostly static. I update them from time to time.
Enjoy!
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- Alien Life – What could it be like?
- Are Aliens Listening – The Local Equation
- Baby Black Holes
- How do aliens think?
- List of stars closer than 20 light years
- Properties of a uniformly expanding universe
- Quantum Mechanics or Whatever Happened to Reality?
- Space Math
- The Physics of Faster Than Light Travel
- What will real Aliens be like?
- Writing Science Fiction
- 10 Laws of Good Science Fiction
- 13 Rules for Writing a Great Short Story
- 17 Steps to Writing and Selling a Science Fiction Story
- Adverb Detector
- Banned Words Detector (Lake Superior State University List)
- Cellular Automata and Fiction
- Channeling Murray Leinster
- Character Sheet Generator
- Chesly Bonestell, Mr. Smith Goes to Venus, March, 1950
- How to write while the boss is watching.
- Huge List of Submission Guideline Pages
- iPad for (cheap) Authors
- List of Science Fiction Clichés
- Old Stuff – Another Big List of Submission Guidelines
- Preparing Your Manuscript
- Required Reading List
- Schenectady Writers Service
- Science Fiction and Death
- Science Fiction Blogs
- Science Fiction Story Starters
- Submitting Stories – The SF Game Plan
- The Black Hole Extensions
- The eZine Thing
- Unicode Character Fixup Script
- Weasel Word Detector
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- Other Odd Pages
- Money Making Schemes
Book Reviews
- Anathem, Neal Stephenson (2008)(3)
- Ray Bradbury - The Illustrated M...
- Polymath, John Brunner (1974)(1)
- Orbit Unlimited (1961) -Poul And...
- Conquest of Earth by Manly Banis...
- Stand On Zanzibar by John Brunne...
- New Worlds Number 4(0)
- New Worlds(0)
- The Triumph of Time, James Blish...
- The Webs of Everywhere, John Bru...
- Manshape, John Brunner (1982)(0)
- The Infinitive of Go, John Brunn...
- The Serpent Mage (1986) -Greg Be...
- Echo X by Ben Barzman (1960)(0)
- Black Glass by John Shirley (20...
- Quicksand, John Brunner (1967)(0)
- Galaxy Magazine, August 1959(0)
- The Annual 1978 World's Best SF(0)
- Fantasy and Science Fiction Maga...
- Brigands of the Moon. Ray Cummin...
- Voyage to the City of the Dead, ...
- The Sword of Rhiannon, Leigh Bra...
- Rogue in Space by Frederic Brown...
- The other Side of the Sky by Art...
- Bradbury Odds and Ends(0)
- Ray Bradbury - Something Wicked ...
- Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chron...
- The Vintage Bradbury(0)
- Lorelei of the Red Mist - Bracke...
- Year 2018! by James Blish (1957)(0)
- Ray Bradbury - The Machineries o...
- Ray Bradbury - A Medicine For Me...
- Ray Bradbury Prune Commercial(0)
- Free Ray Bradbury Story MP3 File...
- Ray Bradbury - The October Count...
- Ray Bradbury - Quicker Than the ...
- Ray Brabury - Golden Apples of t...
- Ray Bradbury - The Cat's Pajamas(0)
- Ray Bradbury - Zen in the Art of...
- 6 From Worlds Beyond, ed. T. E. ...
- Born Under Mars, John Brunner (1...
- The Worlds of Poul Anderson, Pou...
- Llana of Gathol, Edgar Rice Burr...
- Voices From The Sky, Arthur C. C...
- Siege Perilous, Lester Del Rey (...
- D-99, H.B. Fyfe (1966)(0)
- The Cost of Kindness and Other F...
- Tales - Mystery and Occultism, E...
- A Life for the Stars, James Blis...
- Timescoop by John Brunner (1969)(0)
- John Brunner, The Dramaturges of...
- Frontera by Lewis Shiner (1984)(0)
- Nebula Alert by A. Bertram Chand...
- Bleak History by John Shirley (2...
- Earthman, Come Home, James Blish...
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