When I originally wrote this blog post it ended up too long for a single post, so I have split it up into ‘groups’ as I think of them, and will post them in sequence. Today, Critique Partners and Beta-readers. If you are going to write, then almost certainly at some point you are goingContinueContinue reading “Handling Reviews and Critiques: Part 2 (Critique Partners and Beta-readers)”
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Handling Reviews and Critiques: Part 1 (Family and Friends)
If you are going to write, then almost certainly at some point you are going to have to share that work in some way with other people. Whether that is reading it to your kids, letting your significant other take a look, your best friend, your writing group, strangers on the internet with whom youContinueContinue reading “Handling Reviews and Critiques: Part 1 (Family and Friends)”
Year In Review 2023
Last year in December I wrote a ‘Year in Review 2022’, the main purpose of which was to convince myself that although I had not published my first novel, nor even got an agent, that I had achieved something in the sphere of writing. As we close out 2023 I thought I would do itContinueContinue reading “Year In Review 2023”
Fyrecon
I have attended a few conferences over the last year (Worldcon, Boskone, Readercon) and each have had their unique aspects. This past weekend I had the chance to attend Fyrecon, which was again different and I thought I would write a few thoughts about my experience. To start Fyrecon, though it used to be inContinueContinue reading “Fyrecon”
Being Part of a Writers’ Reading Group
Hanging out with other SFF fans can be fun. Hanging out with other writers can be a growth opportunity, If you want to combine those, I highly recommend writers join a reading group made up of other writers. Why? Reading is fun. And what more fun way to do it than in the genre ofContinueContinue reading “Being Part of a Writers’ Reading Group”
READERCON 32
So this past weekend (July 13th to 16th, 2023) I attended ReaderCon! For anyone that doesn’t know, Readercon is a Sci Fi and Fantasy con focussed on the written word, both reading and writing. Unlike many cons, it does not have video games, role-playing game rooms, dress up/costume events, or many of the other thingsContinueContinue reading “READERCON 32”
Clarion West 6-Week Flash Fiction Workshop
So I’m doing the Clarion West 6-week flash fiction workshop. I thought I would write about it here in case people are interested in doing it in the future and would like to know what’s involved. We were assigned into groups of 7 and we have just completed the first week. This comprised some onlineContinueContinue reading “Clarion West 6-Week Flash Fiction Workshop”
Guest Post: On Physiology in Cold Environments for Dan Koboldt’s Fact in Fantasy
For those of you that enjoyed my recent guest blog posts on Dan Koboldt’s long running Science in SciFi/Fact in Fantasy blog series on worldbuilding cold environments, the third and final installment has just posted. It’s based on my training in Antarctica, and this final installment being about physiologic response to cold, this one leanedContinueContinue reading “Guest Post: On Physiology in Cold Environments for Dan Koboldt’s Fact in Fantasy”
Guest Post: On Physics and Emergency Survival in Cold Environments for Dan Koboldt’s Fact in Fantasy
For those of you that enjoyed my recent guest blog post on Dan Koboldt’s long running Science in SciFi/Fact in Fantasy blog series on worldbuilding cold environments, I have a followup out on emergency survival in these situations. It’s based on my training in Antarctica. This second installment just posted to Dan’s website: Dan isContinueContinue reading “Guest Post: On Physics and Emergency Survival in Cold Environments for Dan Koboldt’s Fact in Fantasy”
Guest Post: On Worldbuilding Cold Environments for Dan Koboldt’s Fact in Fantasy
So the recent daily blog experiment ended, but I have not been doing nothing – I was fortunate enough to be invited to do another guest blog post on Dan Koboldt’s long running Science in SciFi/Fact in Fantasy blog series. This one is on cold environments. It’s based on my experience working in Antarctica andContinueContinue reading “Guest Post: On Worldbuilding Cold Environments for Dan Koboldt’s Fact in Fantasy”
Gideon P. Smith 