by Hyram Voltage | Jun 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
I am not getting much done on my books. I have health problems and ‘m forced to stay home and away from people. So why can’t I get more writing done? You would think that forced isolation would be great for a writer. But even introverts need social... by Hyram Voltage | Jun 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last week I attended four zoom meetings. Three of the meeting I hosted. Of those three meetings, two of them I generated an agenda and after the meeting I generated minutes. So what did I do this weekend. I competed in a contest to talk to as many people, one on one,... by Hyram Voltage | Jun 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
May I recommend a literary science fiction book written by a philosopher. Olaf Stapledon was a British philosopher that wrote science fiction books in the 1930s. These are not fast paced, light-reading, but his books influenced many later science fiction authors. He... by Hyram Voltage | Jun 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
I had lunch with Ray Bradbury back in the 1970s. I know, that was before you were born. Still he was one of the classic science fiction writers. He sold his first story in 1938 so he had been writing for a long time before I first met him. He considered himself a... by Hyram Voltage | May 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
You’ve heard of the old axiom of write what you know. Don’t buy into it. Issac Asimov was a teacher at a college and wrote Science Fiction. If you have not read his books you should try some. He wrote over 200 books, but many were hard science books. He... by Hyram Voltage | May 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
My copy editor said my story ending is rushed. When you pay someone for comments you better consider those comments. I thought I wrapped the ending up with a bow in one chapter. The problem is the heroine has been trapped in a mine all story long and has no...