(Transplanting a post from DeviantArt) So British and EU censorship laws have dropped, and especially on X, people are hitting the roof as every adult flagged account they follow from everywhere in the world is blocked for them. And I think I hear the strains of the world s smallest violin playing, since they were so Continue reading I ll say it: I told you so
Just a quick reminder to all you MilSF authors out there: Reticle: A Crosshair or aiming device. Reticule: A small purse. I swear, Microsoft Word must have added that second one to the spell-check just to mess with you.
(Copied from my Substack last month.) Mad Science in Easy Mode A Mad Scientist as an antagonist is easy. He’s a cardboard cutout for your heroes to knock down. He is typically: His invention or gadget is the stuff of Science Fantasy as opposed to Hard SF. It will typically defy at least one law Continue reading Writing Mad Science
Much has been said lately about DragonCon and the Dragon Awards invalidating Cedar Sanderson’s nomination for her cover for Raconteur Press’s Goblin Market, (Start here) which eventually was revealed as part of the Convention’s overall stand against AI art in all areas of the convention (stated here). The only problem is, nobody thought to include Continue reading When is it time to change the…
So after assuring us that the Hugos were the most honest, trustworthy, and up-and-up awards ever, especially since they rejiggered the procedures specifically to detect and exclude Slates . Statement from Hugo Administration Subcommittee 22 July, 2024 The Glasgow 2024 Hugo Administration Subcommittee, led by Hugo Administrator Nicholas Whyte, has today issued the following statement. You Continue…
LibertyCon was actually kind of low-key for me this year. But in certain ways, it was much more valuable on a personal level. Travel to and from is always an “Adventure” since I’m flying from Seattle to Chattanooga, and typically overnight. The goal naturally is to maximize the pre- and post-con time, because those are Continue reading Libertycon 36
So following the trend of so many authorial types I know, I ve created a Substack. You can find it at: https://drmauser.substack.com/ Three guesses as to what I titled it, and the first two don t count. (I explain this in the first post). I have not enabled paid subscriptions yet, and they may be a long Continue reading Stacking Subs
So, the stats for last year s Hugos in China were recently released. A number of veterans of the Puppy Wars are passing around the popcorn and inventing clever ways to say, I told you so . Personally, I m rather partial to saying they were Hoist by their own petard (And I d like to remind people that Continue reading Chortle
Whether they were Socialators in Battlestar Galactica, or Companions in Firefly, or any number of other euphemisms, one SF trope that seems particularly insidious, especially in movies and TV, more-so than in literature, although it is still prominent there, is turning the world s oldest profession into something glamorous and honorable, even exalted. I recently had Continue reading Space Hookers…
Over on DeviantArt. It s a tale of the first agricultural O Neill cylinder built to support the colonization of Mars, from the pov of the guy who maintains it, with all the nuts and bots of how I d modify the design for Mars. And a little romance .