Posts under ‘This Writing Life’

I wrote MIRRORED HEAVENS for a number of reasons, but why don’t we start with this one: I was fascinated by war in space. Not the typical space combat you see in the movies (or, for that matter, in most SF books), but real space war, in which spaceships/satellites obey the laws of [...]

Thank you, John, for your generous invitation to write a guest post about my novel.
Plague of Spells is finally out! I’m excited to see its official release, but I’ll try to relax a moment and reflect on the themes that underlie the story. This is an interesting thought process for me, because I didn’t have [...]

To dump, or not to dump
By Jason Sanford
Ah, the information dump. That wordy bit of fictional exposition, during which all the background information the reader needs to enjoy a story is expressed in one great big pile of, well, dump.
The fictional info dump is nothing new. After all, at least half of Tolstoy’s War and [...]

GFTW welcomes to the microphone author James Maxey.

Over the years, the corporations I’ve worked for always make a big deal about their mission statements. These statements are usually meaningless, filled with MBA buzzwords like “synergy.” Usually there will be some nod toward diversity, a little plug for the environment, a reference to values, and maybe, [...]