From her fascination of the sinking of the Titanic to her work with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, best-selling author Veronica Scott has had numerous influences in her science-fiction romances. Read More
The GenCon Writer’s Symposium brings literary luminaries, publishing bigwigs, writers, and fans together to talk about speculative fiction from nearly every angle. Read More
Melanie Meadors talks about what event she is most excited about at this year’s Gen Con. Read More
This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction! we welcome author Brian Kirk. Brian’s highly anticipated psychological horror book, ‘We Are Monsters,’ is coming out on July 7th from Samhain Publishing. Read More
GeekMom Mel asks fifteen year Gen Con veteran and past Gen Con Writer’s Symposium Guest of Honor Anton Strout what he thinks of the Writer’s Symposium, and what other folks could glean from the experience. Read More
Google Doodle celebrates the 151st Birthday of Nellie Bly. Read More
Stephen King’s ‘On Writing’ is a short and snappy book that will make you a better writer, and a better reader. Read More
Today James Floyd Kelly and I discuss how a new writer can use blogging as a way to expand their reach and improve their skills. Read More
Delilah S. Dawson is an author, a mom, a geek, a cowgirl, an artist, and more. Read More
Grimdark author Jeff Salyards puts down his deadly flail and puts on his dad hat to talk about a special Renaissance Faire experience. Read More
Novel Ideas is a new to GeekDad podcast on writing, books and DIY publishing. Read More
Learn how to write better copy with this book full of useful, well-tested lessons. Read More
Give your kids some new fodder for entertaining themselves with these creative books! Read More
Social Planes gives us a means of communicating in a fun way that doesn’t involve our phones that makes the message more personal to the writer and the receiver. Read More
GeekMom Helen catches up with online collaborative storytelling game Storium. What happened with its Kickstarter campaign? Read More
GeekMom Helen explores Storium, an online collaborative storytelling game. Read More
Natania takes us deeper into the process of writing Bone Dust by embracing the joy of Post-it Note colors. Read More
When a disorganized mom meets the magic of Post-it Brand and Evernote, amazing things can happen. Read More
It has been my observation that most people need some form of creative outlet to avoid becoming angst-filled despondent misanthropes. I keep sane by writing science fiction and the occasional GeekDad post. There is something in the human spirit that demands an outlet. We need to create, to imagine, to leave some record of our thoughts and interests, and when we are thwarted in that goal it creates a destructive pressure that comes out in equally destructive ways. But how do you find time to be creative when you’re a working a parent and almost every waking moment of your life (and then some) is accounted for? Read More
Women Destroy Science Fiction, an all-women double-issue coming in June from Lightspeed Magazine, got Kickstarter-funded in under 24 hours. But they’re not done yet! Here’s what you can do to help destroy even more horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Read More
All setting, no plot, made creating an imaginary college the fun way to deal with illness. Read More
Matt Frederick’s 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School went on to become a bestseller. The book was such a success, Frederick decided to turn the 101 Things I Learned idea into a franchise, and it now has over 500,000 books in print. To date, he has coauthored, edited, and illustrated six additional books with Grand Central Publishing. The latest is 101 Things I Learned in Engineering School. We sit down with the author to ask him how he did it. And learn some stuff about engineers. Read More
If you’re pressed for time, but want to chronicle your life, One Line a Day is the solution. Read More
Two weeks today Nanowrimo 2013 gets underway; come and join in with our Facebook discussion group. Read More
What did I learn this week? One, there is actual hard evidence that show women read comics (about time); two, as a reader, I can develop a really hopeless crush; and three, that I should let my eldest daughter brainstorm plot ideas for my writing all the time. Read More
Old Timey radio is so fun to listen to, but writing and recording your own is even better. During my history camp, we did just that! Read More
Swing dancing! The creation of Superman! Adagio for Strings! Radio Plays! Migrant Mother photojournalism! Heath bars! The Wizard of Oz! Monopoly! Last week I directed a summer camp all about America during the 1930’s. Read More
We’re looking to add to our fine roster of writers here on GeekMom, and would love to hear from YOU, if you’re interested! Read More
Housework would never get done if it weren’t for procrastination. It’s amazing how important the organization of the spice cabinet is when I have a writing deadline. But the internet gives me so many, many ways to distract myself from the task at hand. Read More
Highly powered writers I respect recently recommended the book Trees, maps, and theorems by Dr. Jean-luc Doumont as a set of coherent recommendations for improving communications, and I am happy to report I can now concur, and I look forward to trying to catch one of his talks on his US tour.
As a science/technical writer, I often hope to write the book, the document, the instructions that rescue someone in particular need. Similarly, I often hope that some book or document will save me, have the juju I need to solve a particular problem. Read More
