An e-zine about spaceships, aliens, science, memory, motherhood, magic, and cats.
I wrote an essay on furry fiction a few years back (‘22) that was very well received (even won a Leo Literary Award and nominated for an Ursa Major).
Here’s a line from it:
“Arguably, every android character ever written is furry, because androids are anthropomorphic machines.” Continue reading “Furry and AI”
My 12-year-old tried to claim we can’t put them to bed, because it’s noon not midnight. I asked what happened to the sun.
Their answer? “The same people who stole from the Louvre stole it… by pretending to be planets.”
It’s the final detail that really makes it.
Originally, my idea was that “Breathing the Air at Wespirtech” would be my first novel… but the idea was way too hard for my writing skills back then. Eventually, twenty years later, I managed to write it as a short story. I absolutely love the song version.
Since I turned my story, “Slug Time” (about a far future scientist trying to make a universal translator), into a catchy 80s-style song, my kids have started using the phrase “slug time” to mean mindless relaxation, which is kinda cool. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes – Welcome to Wespirtech”
My story “Fetching Asteroids” is only 300 words, but as a song… oh my god. Just oh my god. I can’t believe it’s real I can make songs like this exist now. I’ve been doing it for the last 2.5 months straight, and I still just can’t really believe it.
The main character in “A Real Stand-Up Guy” is like if Stephen Colbert were a pug dog in the Otters In Space universe. I love him so much. So the song had to get him just right, and, ugh, when he stops singing to say the “I don’t care” line… so perfect. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes – Paw Prints Beyond the Moon”
I was okay with the end of Stranger Things, but I’m definitely looking forward to the fan made Conformity Gate alternate ending that will almost certainly come out some time in the next few years when AI video gets a little easier to control.
Me: sets out to write a story inspired by The Manchurian Candidate after watching the relevant Star Trek episode, both movie versions, and reading the original book Continue reading “A Confluence of Trek”
Next month, I’m gonna be selling my books at the Oregon Author Fair, and I have several other book-selling events coming up later in the year! So, far, I’m scheduled to have a table at both BayCon 42 in July and ST-LV: Trek to Vegas in August!
I haven’t been to a Star Trek convention in a while, but they were basically my favorite thing as a kid. So, I’m pretty excited! Continue reading “Upcoming Events and Plans”
I’ve got a full first draft of the soundtrack for Maradia’s Robot Emporium!
I’ll have to listen to it a few times through to be sure it’s done, but wow. That will not be a chore! It blends 80s weird synth pop with 60s do-wop aesthetics in just the best way.
Between the 3D-printer we just got and the advances in music two months ago, I’m having the best week. Every day, I can print myself new toys and create new 60s/80s sci-fi songs. Continue reading “Toys and Songs”
I wrote my ultra short story, “Greatest of Them All,” at a conference about women in fantasy called Sirens. It seemed like the perfect intro to COMMANDER ANNIE AND OTHER ADVENTURES to tie the whole book together.
And now it makes a pretty little song.
My novella, “Commander Annie,” is very strongly inspired by a friendship breakup I went through in middle school. It was fully my first heartbreak. And there’s something just so healing about the catchy 80s-style song I’ve made to go with the story. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes – Commander Annie and Other Adventures”
I’ve made it halfway through converting my book, Maradia’s Robot Emporium, into an album of 80s-style weird synth pop songs, and it’s really turning into something special.
There should be more music about robots. And now I can do something about that! So exciting. Continue reading “What It’s All Been Building Toward”
I’m watching episode three of Pluribus and the fleet of trucks and people that roll up to the Sprouts right after Carol insists she’s a really independent person is quite the sharp commentary on the concept of independence.
Well, I won the game of random Christmas movie roulette tonight with two unusually excellent finds: Continue reading “Pluribus, Christmas Movies, and Other Tidbits”