Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
2016 was not a bad year blog-wise, even though I went nowhere near my desired reading quota and even less in terms of book reviews. And I didn’t write as much as I wanted, either. So, in the best New Year’s…
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This week makes it three years The Earthian Hivemind has started blogging, and I’m glad to say I’m enjoying it each year more. The thing that makes me happiest is the fantastic people I have “met” thanks to this blog, fellow…
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When I started, a couple of years ago, to write (again) fiction after many years of non-fiction / academic writing, I found myself a bit lost in terms of locating suitable venues. Of course, there are the journals /zines we…
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Yes, this week makes two years of blogging for The Earthian Hivemind – two years I’ve enjoyed a lot and had the opportunity to get to know amazing people online, especially fellow bloggers. They contributed to make this experience positive under…
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Done -yesterday night just in time I finally validated my wordcount: 51,299 – otherwise said, I made it. It has taken a lot of efforts, three trips to the UK Midlands (train is such a perfect place to write, provided you…
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With NaNoWriMo 2015 half on its way I decided to say a few words about my favourite word processor. While I understand there’s a learning curve and a writing challenge is probably not the best moment to try a new…
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This one landed on my (virtual) desk a couple of weeks ago or so, and I find it so nice I couldn’t avoid joining, especially because it’s somebody that loves speculative fiction as much as I do that nominated me. So…
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Way too many things in November for people like me that love speculative fiction… but two are the ones I’m going to join. The first one is the 50K-words-a-month writing challenges, also called NaNoWriMo, which I have already signed for and completed in…
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That worldbuilding is complicated and time-consuming is something every creator of fiction, no matter the media adopted, knows well. Creating detailed and coherent fantasy worlds or alien civilisations is hard. But even historical fiction, especially when taking place in eras…
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This is the periodic update about articles I have contributed in these last months to other blogs. Compared to last year I have been rather slow, and this is due to the fact that other writing got in the way…
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