S.G. Basu's Blog, page 13

Momentum Is Everything

I am stuck. Pathetically, hopelessly stuck in the muck of inertia. Usually, I roll along pretty nicely. I jump nimbly from one project to another, handle down times and deadlines with equal (almost) poise. I hardly ever have writer’s block.…Read more ›

Go After It

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” ~Jack London

IAF16 Is In Full Swing

It’s on. Fantastic sessions by authors and industry experts are being posted round the clock. I have managed to catch a couple of them so far, but plan to go through every single one tonight. — LIST of sessions– More…Read more ›

Congratulations, Winners!

To everyone who participated in my “Lightbound Saga Book Tour and Giveaway” and made it an awesome success, THANK YOU! Thanks to my super creative hosts, Jaidis of Juniper Grove Book Solutions and her merry troupe of bloggers. Finally, congratulations to the…Read more ›

First Lines: Four-sun Afternoon

“It was a dazzling four-sun afternoon.” First line from Nightfall by Isaac Asimov

Interior Decoration

“Prose is architecture, not interior decoration.” ~Ernest Hemingway

“Rogue One”

It’s here! The first teaser trailer, that is. Just to make sure you haven’t missed it, this fangirl had to share. Disney released a sumptuous teaser trailer for Rogue One, a spinoff of the Star Wars saga, on GMA. It looks dark,…Read more ›

Drying Up

Never imagined dedication lines could bite me on the hind side. Among the many surprising things I’ve discovered since I started writing, here’s one more: those pesky one liners are tough to handle. Around eight years ago, when I started…Read more ›

Cancri 55 e

From NASA’s APOD: Why might you want to visit super-earth Cancri 55 e? Its extremely hot climate would be a deterrent, and fresh lava flows might be common. Discovered in 2004, the planet Cancri 55 e has twice the diameter…Read more ›

Celles et Ceux des Cimes et Cieux

One of my favorite pastimes is watching Miyazaki back to back. From Princess Mononoke to Spirited Away to Nausicaa to Porco Rosso to . . .  all of them . . . each one of his movies is amazing in one way or…Read more ›