Various Art Forms
“Good Dog” Management - April 7, 2024
Robots - March 17, 2024
Virtual Reality - March 10, 2024
The Death of Proof - February 11, 2024
Let the Machines Do It - February 4, 2024
The World in a Blur - January 28, 2024
Artificially Almost Intelligent - January 21, 2024
On Self-Publishing - August 6, 2023
Muckers - July 16, 2023
Shockwave Riders - July 9, 2023
The Subjunctive Mood - July 2, 2023
Clownface, Masquerades, and Assumed Identities - June 11, 2023
Not All That Intelligent - June 4, 2023
Wiggle My Fingers - January 22, 2023
Never Say Never - December 11, 2022
End of an Era - November 20, 2022
In Memory of Irene - September 4, 2022
Sex and the Story - August 21, 2022
My Imaginary Friends - April 24, 2022
Anger is a Weakness - January 30, 2022
The World in Pictures - December 26, 2021
Looking Backward, Looking Forward - July 4, 2021
On Personal Boundaries - June 6, 2021
The Blocked Writer - March 21, 2021
The Wichita Lineman - November 20, 2020
Too Many Superheroes - October 18, 2020
A Fly in Amber - May 17, 2020
Living With One Hand - January 26, 2020
The Writer’s Job - January 19, 2020
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice - December 8, 2019
Apocalypse Chic - November 24, 2019
Allergic to Chaos - November 10, 2019
The Magic of Steel - November 3, 2019
Growing Old - September 29, 2019
Survival - September 1, 2019
Leadership - August 25, 2019
Grace - August 18, 2019
A Strange Esthetic - July 7, 2019
A Lot Like Madness - June 23, 2019
Classic Comedy - May 19, 2019
Tom Bombadil - March 10, 2019
Performance vs. Composition - January 13, 2019
Hot Metal - January 6, 2019
That Voice in Your Writing - December 16, 2018
National Novel Writing Month - November 18, 2018
Everyday Miracles - June 17, 2018
Fear Itself - June 10, 2018
Keeping an Even Temper - June 3, 2018
The Immediacy of Life - April 29, 2018
Life as a Mad Scramble - April 22, 2018
Roads Not Taken - March 25, 2018
The Structure of Music - March 4, 2018
Silent Movie - January 7, 2018
Dealing with Death - December 17, 2017
The Trials of Vishnu - December 3, 2017
Language as a Map - October 29, 2017
Life Like a Sword - October 22, 2017
The Road from Here - October 1, 2017
The Deep Cold Between the Stars - September 3, 2017
The Science-Fiction Mindset - July 2, 2017
Iambic Life and Trochaic Life - June 18, 2017
Sense and Imagination - June 11, 2017
On Teaching Writing - April 23, 2017
Obvious and Mysterious - April 2, 2017
Nothing is Unthinkable - February 26, 2017
Afflicting the Audience - February 5, 2017
A Money-Making Enterprise - January 22, 2017
Love and Freedom - December 11, 1216
Web of Character and Depth of Detail - November 27, 2016
Keep Them Turning Pages - October 9, 2016
Science Fantasy - October 2. 2016
Utopia and Dystopia - August 21, 2016
My Influences - June 19, 2016
Postpartum Regression - May 29, 2016
The Faces We Wear as Masks - May 22, 2016
The Roots of Art in Civilization - January 31, 2016
Honesty in the Arts - January 24, 2016
Pounding the Slab - November 8, 2015
Advances in Bookmaking - September 27, 2015
Plot Like a River - September 13, 2015
Fantasies of the Apocalypse - August 9, 2015
The New Criticism and the Politics of Identity - May 17, 2015
Publishing 9 - Brass Ring Syndrome - March 22, 2015
Writing as a Nonlinear Exercise - February 15, 2015
My Problems with
Interstellar
- November 30, 2014
Storytelling the Future - October 26, 2014
The Asymmetric Beauty of Baseball - September 14, 2014
Movie Mayhem - September 7, 2014
Publishing 8 - The Best of Times – August 31, 2014
Writers and Alienation - August 10, 2014
Where Do Stories Originate? - August 3, 2014
Do You Like Your Characters - March 9, 2014
Behind Enemy Lines - February 9, 2014
Getting Into the Zone - February 2, 2014
The Author’s Job - January 19, 2014
Comedy or Tragedy? - December 15, 2013
Showing vs. Telling - December 1, 2013
Quality in a Writer - November 24, 2013
Art and Irony - November 17, 2013
Rules for Writers - October 6, 2013
A World Between Two Palms - September 8, 2013
Beauty Beneath the Beast – August 4, 2013
On Being an Artist – July 7, 2013
On Becoming a Writer – June 2, 2013
Zen and the Artist – May 19, 2013
Son of a Landscape Architect – April 7, 2013
Son of a Mechanical Engineer – March 31, 2013
What Makes a Good Book? – March 17, 2013
On Accepting Criticism – January 27, 2013
Working With the Subconscious – September 30, 2012
Publishing 7 - I’ll Survive in Rome, 475 AD – September 23, 2012
Publishing 6 - How to Survive in Rome, 475 AD - September 16, 2012
Publishing 5 - Welcome to Rome, 475 AD - September 9, 2012
Art and Mystery - August 12, 2012
The Language of Technology - July 29, 2012
On Going Negative - June 10, 2012
Writing the Great American Novel - May 27, 2012
On Outlining a Novel - May 13, 2012
Writing for Point of View - April 22, 2012
Bits of Paper and Celluloid - April 1, 2012
Take a Deep Breath - March 18, 2012
eBooks and Time - March 4, 2012
Literature as Immortality - February 26, 2012
On Being a Romantic - January 22, 2012
On Writing Female Characters - January 15, 2012
The Great Secret of Time - December 11, 2011
The
Dune
Ethos – October 30, 2011
In Praise of American Creativity – October 2, 2011
Separating Ego from Work – September 25, 2011
Publishing 4 - Author’s Toolkit – September 18, 2011
Publishing 3 - eBook Publishing – September 4, 2011
Publishing 2 - Through the Eye of the Needle – August 28, 2011
Publishing 1 - Gutenberg Ecomomics – August 21, 2011
God’s Echo Chamber – July 10, 2011
The Problem with Space Elevators – June 26, 2011
Writing a Good Commandment – June 4, 2011
Where Have the Adults Gone? – May 22, 2011
Working Backward – May 15, 2011
The Value of a Liberal Arts Education – February 6, 2011
On Writing: Outline and Chapter – January 23, 2011
Hungry for Stories – December 19, 2010
Where Have All the Poets Gone? – December 12, 2010
Transporter Beaming – August 22, 2010
Time Travel – August 15, 2010
