Sage Scifi for Scifi Sages … Modern ‘Golden Age Science Fiction’ by Jackson Allen
Fun fact: we’ve been chasing flying cars since 1917. True story. Now, for this Sci-Friday, our flying car is here! The Jetson One is a commercially available personal electric aerial vehicle that you can own and fly. Watch the video and then let’s discuss: Look, I get it. It’s not the Flying DeLorean we’ve all …
So even though I wasn’t able to write a cool solarpunk story the other day, I’m still looking at ways to integrate solarpunk into the stories I write. There will be bumps on the road to solarpunk just like there are in real life, which is what I want to take a moment to celebrate. …
Panic in Year Zero is scifi with a jazz soundtrack, a classic tale with yesteryear stars, and a masterclass in indie filmmaking. A special treat for Sci-Friday, one of the greatest post-apocalyptic movies you’ve never seen. You’ll want to watch Panic in Year Zero for a lot of reasons: 1) It’s Scifi 2) It features Jean …
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This is a quick blog post about what happens when you get an idea that sucks. Let me tell you about a solarpunk short story I came up with, and how it turned into the greatest story I never told. The whole ugly affair began, as these things always do, with @Scalzi in the vicinity …
I posted something to Twitter that, as of last count, has over 3K likes. Check out the community’s response to LeVar Bearton, a tribute to our engineering officer with a heart of gold: LeVar Bearton for @levarburton. That is all. pic.twitter.com/IZCYxQf6WY — InkICan (@InkICan) October 6, 2021
Love Star Trek? Love Monty Python? Enjoy this Monty Python Star Trek Mashup as the “The Knights of the Round Table” from Holy Grail is performed by Star Trek: TOS: Everyone has their own reasons for loving Star Trek and Monty Python. For one, both franchises can be appreciated on their own merits, and …
Even a blind pig finds acorns once in a while. I ran across some writing rules from Emmy-Winning writer and producer Dan O’Shannon and am passing them along to you. Ignore for the moment that Dan’s career spans hit series’ like Cheers, Frasier and Modern Family. Now he’s back in Ohio, spinning out wisdom on …
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One of the reasons I’ve declined to go back to other jobs or careers is because I need art. Indeed, I’ve come to understand through hard experience that creating art is creating yourself, and I need a space like that in my life. One thing about business is how it refuses to let you be …
For today’s Sci-Friday, let’s play ‘Wake up, ISS!’ No fiction, all reality, as we welcome a new day aboard the International Space Station in 4K The ISS was originally intended to be a laboratory, observatory, and factory while providing transportation, maintenance, and a low Earth orbit staging base for possible future missions to the Moon, …
Hi there, fellow writer. Let me give you some items for your storytelling toolbox. Here’s why I’m giving them to you. I remember years ago being in woodshop and having to learn how to identify tools in order to make things. When you think about storytelling as a job, at first it sounds like fun but …