My morning routine was a little out of whack yesterday. On Saturday, we made a long day trip to Lancaster, PA, about a 2-1/2 hour drive north. We spent the day at an amusement park for the Littlest Miss’s birthday. We left the house at 8 am on Saturday and were home just before 10…
At least 60% of the time when I sit down to write one of this essays, I have an idea in mind. Sometimes I think it is a particularly good idea I am nervous that I won’t carry it off the way I want to. Other times, it seems like a worthwhile idea, but not…
This evening, I solved a mystery that has been plaguing me for years, but in order to understand the context, we have to begin with the question that writers often get, “Where do you get your ideas?” I answered this question eight years ago, but it is worth revisiting here. Harlan Ellison may have gotten…
At some point, every science fiction writer gets asked, “Where do you get your ideas?” I got asked the question this past weekend and I thought I’d answer it here. This is a question that has been answered and blogged about by writers, perhaps more often than any other. But it is also different for…