REVIEW: NOT ANOTHER ZOMBIE BOOK: “HELL IS EMPTY…” by Mark Rounds
After a two-week absence, Steve returns with a book review. Complimentary—and scathing—Steve talks about Mark Rounds’ first book.
Beating Today’s “S” Curve (or Why an Editor is Every Writer’s Best Friend)
The publishing industry is currently experiencing its own version of the “S” curve and the “boom and bust” curve
Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 21 in series)
I Love Your Story. Now Change It: Working with an editor (conclusion) Welcome back to my series on marketing and selling short fiction. I’ve written these posts in a very specific sequence, with each entry building on earlier ones. You can read my earlier posts here. In part 17, I kicked off a mini-series on […]
Individualism, Atheism, and the Search for God in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
The following essay originally appeared in issue number 111 of the quarterly journal Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, edited by Graham Sleight. Revised and expanded, 2nd ed. Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel The Road exemplifies both the acknowledgment of essential human goodness and the flaws inherent in the Emersonian individualism that has grown to […]
