Month: March 2024

Our story thus far: the Terran Confederation starship has arrived at a black hole. Dropping below lightspeed, the run into some rubble, and there’s a casualty, but the damage is contained. The series of posts begins at https://mrw.5-cent.us/?p=387 And now, #2 In the next compartment there was a crash, and a stream of blazing dust… Continue reading 11,000 Years, #2

Late summer of 2018, I was speaking with a co-worker, who’d published three books. He let me read the first, and he had his own superheroes in it. As I was finishing it, I talked for a while about superheroes, and wound up writing two pieces: one, “What’s Wrong With Superheroes and Supervillains”, which was… Continue reading How 11,000 Years came to be written

This is… a horrible day. We never take the Key Bridge in Baltimore when we head north (we live in the northwestern ‘burbs of DC, but… the ship taking out the *whole* Key Bridge. That’s humongous. Still six people missing, poor guys who were fixing potholes. And the major US port of Baltimore is out… Continue reading Some thoughts, and excerpt #2 of Becoming Terran

Just to keep you in suspenders if you’ve read Tuesday’s post, I’m going to turn to my first novel, 11,000 Years. It’s very different from Becoming Terran. There are parts that may remind you, if you’ve read them, of Arthur C. Clarke, and Olaf Stapledon, and they should. But this is all mine. I’ll note… Continue reading 11,000 Years

First, let me talk about the novel itself. If the first page, looking at the sky and what’s around, strikes a bell, it should. I was thinking of the first page of Gibson’s Neuromancer when I wrote it. Where are we? What’s the context? It’s all there. But there’s more. The novel began life as… Continue reading About Becoming Terran

Well, I’ve had a conference with my editor, and as Becoming Terran is not merely eligible for both the Hugo and the Nebula, but is being submitted for a couple of other big-name awards, I’ve been given my marching orders. More social media presence, and… I’ll be blogging far more frequently. Tuesdays, I’m starting to… Continue reading Moving right along

Ok, folks… if you like, you can now listen to me read Chapter 1 of Becoming Terran. https://mrw.5-cent.us/BecomingTerranCh1_s4.mp3 Note: I am not an actor, and use a bucket to carry a tune as a singer (and filker).