Solarpunk! Who’dathunk? Dystopian novelists create worlds so deep in disaster that, by targeting the horrors, they nudge their readers to think about better solutions, You wouldn't think it, CLI-FI! Oh My! Exploring the blogosphere last week, I found a forum sponsored by Science Fiction and Fantasy World on a whole new genre – Nature as Paradise When we think of nature as paradise, we envision our ideal first home, the Garden of Eden, in all of its Plotting Evil Once I suspended my descriptions of ideal communities every couple of chapters to insert thoroughly bad goings on, I found Writing Evil “Bring your evil closer in,” remarked my agent. “You are keeping it too much at a distance.” “You need to HOW I BECAME A CITIZEN SCIENTIST, AND YOU CAN TOO Review of Sharman Apt Russell, Diary of a Citizen Scientist: Chasing Tiger Beetles and Other New Ways of Engaging the Children’s Games As far as children are concerned, adults belong to another species entirely, possessed with this crazy idea that that children A Game of Hopscoth Do you remember games you played when you were a child? I looked forward to recess so much that That’s What I’m Writing — Speculative Fiction! I must be the only writer in the world to finish two novels with no idea what genre I was writing! However, Coracles! Ever since the summer when I was nine years old and my family lived on a boat moored in a Welcome to The Worlds We Long For Welcome to my new blog! I will be posting every week about the themes, folklore details, games and dances, environmental « Previous 1 … 5 6 7