More Great Questions for Story Development: Governments

Part of my model of the creative process is that it’s driven by questions. We come up with creative solutions in response to a problem. The problem triggers the process. Let me give an example. Let’s say I have a character named Bill who lives out in space salvaging parts of space ships and other things.

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“From the Clay of His Heart” to be included in Year’s Best Fantasy #9

More good news! I just found out that my novelette, “From the Clay of His Heart,” will be included in this year’s annual Year’s Best Fantasy anthology edited by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. The anthology will be released in the summer of 2009.           .

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“From the Clay of His Heart” makes Locus Magazine’s 2008 recommended reading list

Locus Magazine, the trade publication for the science fiction and fantasy genre, has listed my novelette, “From the Clay of His Heart,” on their 2008 recommended reading list. Yea! Lots of other goodies out there as well.         .

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The Weaponization of Insects

This idea. Oh, my, heck. One of my first novelettes was about using insects as military grade spies. Just a bit of wetware to get control of their brains. Then mount a nano recording and transmitting device… How are you going to stop that? But wait–insects can be far more sinister. Jeffrey A. Lockwood has written Six-Legged

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