Posts by Shannon Haddock:
Non-fiction?!
This particular book of mine has cheap ftl, aliens, an attacking robot, and giant man-eating insects. Non-fiction.
Interview with me about Jake’s Last Mission and general update
This finally ran today, long enough after it happened that the answer to “What are you working on next?” is inaccurate, so just ignore that part. The rest is still valid though, so if you’ve been wanting more info about the novella, click here to find out more. Also, if you follow the link to […]
This is a thing of beauty and profundity
http://thedorkknightreturns.com/2014/11/06/this-pretzel-is-the-worst-lasagna-ever/
NaNoWriMo progress and WIP update, November edition
NaNoWriMo for me this year is more about developing a regular writing routine that about reaching 50k words. That said, I’ve not been doing remarkably well at achieving either goal due to starting the month with a nasty cold that turned into a minor sinus infection. Fuck you, germs. I’ve gotten 9885 words, a third […]
Can we quit saving the universe all the time, please?
In an interesting bit of serendipity, I read a wonderful short story recently, “Freedom, Spiced and Drunk” by M.C.A. Hogarth, that provides a wonderful example of what I was planning to talk about today. Today’s topic is: Not every sf/f story needs to be about saving the world/galaxy/universe. I know this should be bloody obvious, but […]
Five star reviews — Clan Lord: Science Fiction Adventure Short Stories (Life Sticks) by Joel Babbitt
This is a book I volunteered to read and review based on the premise and the first page. Something about the author’s style drew me in that quickly. Here’s the description, via Goodreads: Science Fiction Adventure at the Edge of a Universe at War! The Life Sticks science fiction adventures bring a completely alien culture, […]
What bad writing advice really means
For some reason there’s not a reblog or repost or anything like that button on this awesome post, so you’ll have to click the link to read it. Trust me, if you’re an author or wannabe author, you want to click this: http://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/bad-writing-advice-explained/
Characters, how to make them, and how not to
This is one of those posts that’s probably not going to be very interesting to non-authors. Sorry about that. What’s your character’s favorite color? His favorite song? His favorite piece of clothing? Describe his first kiss. Describe his first sexual experience. Who is his hero? These questions look familiar to any other authors reading this? […]
I may never be a best-seller, and I don’t care
My next payment from Amazon will be only 71 cents. That’s all it is most months. Now, there have been times when I’ve cried over this, times when I wondered what I could be doing to make my fiction more visible, because clearly people’d be buying it if they knew it existed. But, tonight that’s […]