Jeff Patterson's Blog, page 2

The Horror of Being a Kid

From Tale Foundry: Kid's entertainment as trauma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UThf1...

Writing Towards the Future

From LitHub: Searching for realism in an increasingly surreal world https://lithub.com/writing-towards-th...

SF Spaceship Controls - A Primer

From Spacedock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBibN...

How do you solve a problem like Romantasy?

This isn't my battle, but it's an interesting read from Reactor. https://reactormag.com/how-do-you-sol...

Drone Warfare

Spacedock: Drone Warfare in Science Fiction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZLFe...

Wheels, Tracks or Legs

Spacedock: Wheels, Tracks or Legs - What's Best for Sci-Fi Ground Vehicles?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtR5Q...

The Death of Intelligence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTnQM...

Best Books of the 21st Century (so far)

This would have been a great story title back in the 29th century
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/fiction...

Fiction About Nobody

Not every story needs a main character. Some don't need characters... at all.
Another brilliant video essay from Tale Foundry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bQ8I...

All Summer in a Day

A Single Ray of Light: On Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day” and Living in the Shadow of Long COVID

https://lithub.com/a-single-ray-of-li...