As you know, last week we signed the papers on our new home. With the exception of the 350 horsepower diesel engine and the four six wheels on the pavement, it’s like any other home. A kitchen, bathroom, shower, bedroom, living… Read More ›
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Not a Van Down by the River, but It’ll Do
Two years ago, my family decided to turn our lives upside down. We’d been living in suburban bliss for thirteen years. But somewhere along the way that bliss became an anesthesia. I’m restless by nature (see my resume…) but not… Read More ›
The Writers’ Race to Extinction
I came across two articles this week which had me doing what I always tend to do – stepping back to analyze, search for connections, and find the bigger picture. At first glance, these two articles are about completely different… Read More ›
Welcome your new gatekeepers…
I’ve been wrestling with several publishing related issues lately (What do I mean lately? It’s become my life). Trying to get a feel for the market and how to reach the right audience with fiction which is professional, yet not… Read More ›
Fiction in a Post-Truth World
We’re trapped, living our own fictions. We’ve ensconced ourselves in little cloistered worlds which confirm only what we want to believe. Used to be that only happened in church and then you left that sacred space and had to confront the real world, returning weekly to reaffirm faith. Now, it’s a full time preoccupation.
The saga of the Space Piñata.
I finally saw Rogue One. (Maybe some minor spoilers plus a minor rant ahead.) Look, characters make stories. Plot is fine and good and it needs to have its own logic and make enough sense for your characters to accomplish… Read More ›
My Name is Russ, and I Write Strange Things
Look, vote your conscience. We aren’t deciding the fate of the free world here. We aren’t handing a satchel full of nukes to a circus ringmaster with the complexion and substance of a Cheeto…
Why I’m Watching My TV Again
It’s as if somebody took the headlines about Anonymous, cooked them in a spoonful of heroin, and bludgeoned the whole mess with a pillowcase full of bars of soap rendered from the body fat of the rich and famous.
Move over Nostradamus here comes Nostradaruss
Damn that was bad. Anyway, I was recently asked to write a short story for a science fiction anthology. It had some pretty particular guidelines which focused on near future, near earth events. As part of the project, I started with… Read More ›
Daredevil is the Least Interesting Thing about Daredevil Season 2
It’s like Daredevil is Jimmy Fallon: He’s not quite as funny Jimmy Kimmel, doesn’t have near the game of Craig Ferguson, but he’s got a lot of intriguing friends that stop by.
RUSS LINTON 