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Three Incredible Life Stories on Youtube – Inspiration for Writers
Hi there! I am following several you tubers, whose life stories I am interested in. Often writers look for inspiration, and I realized that these public figures are an incredible source of storylines. Here’s my selection of the most raw and memorable videos I’ve come across. I’m HIV+ (48hrs After Finding Out). I am new […]
OMG Hold Your Pants! Preview of John Scalzi’s New Book Cover! The Collapsing Empire, Out on March 21, 2017
Meanwhile I’m settling down with a ton of reading from 2015 sci fi and fiction, and writing reviews for some of them, to somehow make this waiting bearable. I honestly am losing my patience with Hollywood. When are they going to film something based on Scalzi’s books already? All that rumor about the lunch with […]
Would Someone Be Interested in a Sci Fi Book Club?
I am planning to read many different sci fi books during this year, most of them published in 2015. Would you like to join me and discuss them? Would be fun! We can also go over the five Hugo Award candidates by August. I’ve never done it this way, but it would be fun […]
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Happy birthday, John Scalzi!!! Live long and prosper, but remember, it’s an Old Man’s War out there. Source: 47
Beyond Writer’s Angst: 17.000 Words Written and 5 Lessons Learned
Writer’s angst over the word count is such a common thing. 17.000 words in a month may or may not be impressive to someone. To me – it is one hell of an accomplishment, and I attribute it to the following factors: Ellie Maloney ≡ Jalapeño Fiction blog (this blog), because it motivates me to write […]
Top 10 Pop Philosophers in 2015? You Will Be Shocked!
Who influences our thinking? Donald Trump? Caitlyn Jenner? J.K. Rowling? Jesus? No, No and No. According to The Telegraph (2015), these 10 spectacular personalities. Apparently, the criteria for the selection was “based on social media followers, number of books published, media appearances, catch phrase creation, amount of viral memes and fan base nicknames”. If you, like myself, […]
Strictly Sci Fi: 2015 Novels
To stargazers and techies, To book grazers and skimmers, To starship and AI dreamers, To E.T. chasers and time travelers, To warp engineers and string theorists, To black hole and Higgs Bozon scholars, To dark matter and dark energy ponderers, And to all of us, awe struck with the science and poetry of the universe, […]
Things I Do To Avoid Writing: Reminiscing About a Year of Procrastination
Here is the rough list of things I’ve done over the past year (outside of the ‘real’ work) to avoid finishing my 2 novels. Sketching my characters Sculpting my characters from clay Reenacting scenes starring my sculpted characters Improving major science theories On this one, my spouse sometimes walks in and I give him ‘that’ look: […]