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July 12, 2023
40 Versions Of Me
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(Thanks to Serdar for the idea.)
There’s a me who became a comedian.There’s a me who became a minister and then lost his faith.There’s a me who became a minister and then lost his heart.There’s a me who became a tutor.There’s a me who churns out hack SF at a rapid pace.There’s a me who collects obscure sci-fi and fant...
July 9, 2023
The Humanity Of The Lost Jester
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Serdar and I often inspire each other in our writings. Recently he wrote about an amazing column by Nan Robinson that inspired him as a child – which led to me reflecting on my own inspirations.
Some of my influenced quite obvious – for instance I outright admit how I was affected by Sir Terry Pratchett and Grant Morrison. But I want to...
June 27, 2023
Eyes Off The Prize
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Serdar and I have been making various posts about writing and focus. He recently discussed the importance of writing systems – that they can be more important than goals. I’d like to add that goals can get in your way.
The problem with goals is that they’re distractions from reaching them.
Big goals, elaborate plans, fantasies of suc...
June 21, 2023
Five Words To Victory
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Serdar’s latest book (which I assure is a doozy) is a challenging one for him to write. It’s the kind of challenge where writing it requires trusting yourself, as he notes in this blog post. As he explores this need for self-trust – a factor he and I have both written on – he said something tangential that is very important in facing chall...
June 13, 2023
The Compassion Of Remembering Basic Competence
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Life has been busy for me lately, as you all know. I’m sure you also know what it’s like to be busy with something and keep finding more things to do. It becomes all too easy to keep worrying “How do I do this” or “How do I do that” as more this and that piles up. So you get an idea of where my life has been on and off as of late.
What...
October 25, 2022
Down The Audience Hole
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As my regular readers are aware, I’ve been finding myself dissatisfied with a lot of media today. There’s something unsatisfying about too much of it, at least to my mental palate. It seems samey, it seems to lack depth, it seems so manufactured.
It’s not necessarily bad, I just feel there’s so much that’s machining and adjustment somet...
October 17, 2022
Art, Content, Dissatisfaction
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Someone I follow on Twitter was commenting on corporate multiverses and the endless reuse and processing of content. This reminded me of my previous thoughts, but this gentleman put it better than I – my favorite part bolded:
October 16, 2022
Steve’s Update 10/16/2022
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“Think Agile, Write Better”: Waiting on prereaders right now. At this rate, I hope to edit it over November and maybe take advantage of a few extra days off around Thanksgiving. There’s still time to pre-read (moreso if my other pre-readers are taking their time). It might go a little longer, unfortunately.
The Way With Worlds series: ...
October 13, 2022
Nothing Is A Chance for Everything: The Sonic The Hedgehog Movies
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I never expected to analyze the Sonic the Hedgehog films because I never planned to watch them. Having heard surprising praise for them, and after hearing about how Jim Carrey got inspired to play the villains of the films, I was curious. So a friend and I watched both of them.
They weren’t “not bad,” they were actually “pretty good.” ...
October 5, 2022
Can’t Get No Validation
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Now and then I encounter or hear of a writer and their works where the person seems desperate for agreement with their worldview. They don’t want to share an experience, you must agree, or you must be some kind of heretic. It can be bloody nihilism of some bad horror film or airy utopia bull, but the person wants, craves that agreement.
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