Category Archives: science fiction
Good Saturday
I probably should have been more “responsible” but I needed some downtime so I went out for another bike ride. Did a little better this week than last week, much … Continue reading
Weird Things I Wonder About
You guys are probably used to my bizarre musings, but just in case the needle on the weird-o-meter hasn’t been pegged lately, allow me to give it a nudge. I’m … Continue reading
The Next Big Thing Blog Hop
The lovely and darkly delicious Anne Michaud has tagged me for a fun blog hop, to talk a little about current WIP. She in her turn was tagged by Linda … Continue reading
Misdiagnosis?
“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.” ― William Gibson If you’ve never read any … Continue reading
Writing and Gender
Some of you know I chose the pen name “D. D. Syrdal” based on a number of factors, one of which was the idea that using initials instead of a … Continue reading
Brother, Can You Spare $5?
Just a short post to all my writing readers. Finding markets for our work used to be very time-intensive, with limited options apart from spending hours at the library finding … Continue reading
How to get the little woman to try sci-fi
Well, I’ll tell ya. I wrote this post at the urging of a couple of guys who wanted suggestions of books and movies to try to interest their spouses in … Continue reading
More Bad Book Covers
I had thought the previous crop of tramp-stamped dommes in fetish gear wielding swords on book covers was bad enough. But these two recently caught my eye, and I’m hoping … Continue reading
Why Don’t Women Like Sci-Fi?
All this brouhaha over “John Carter” being a flop and the reasons for it hit a new low this morning. Here I was, minding my own business, reading my Twitter … Continue reading
Some Love for John Carter
I was distressed to see so much negativity surrounding the movie John Carter, based on the book A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, proclaiming it a weekend flop … Continue reading
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