Poll: Imagine it’s 2065. “I believe robots will_”
Back when I first launched my Project Transhuman series (formerly Robot Geneticists), I posed this question to my email insiders. While my series takes a less common perspective on the role robots will play in the future, there are some views that come up frequently...
This show is a giant Easter egg hunt
One show that I never expected to like was Once Upon a Time. The basic premise is that Snow White and Prince Charming's daughter ended up an orphan on Earth, grew up, and had a kid of her own before stumbling onto a tiny coastal town in Maine where fairy tale...
No Robot Uprising in 2020
Not sure what my Author Scrapheap is? I introduce the idea on the Author Scrapheap archive page. This time diving into my Author Scrapheap, we're going to examine... Idea: Robot Underground Robots lead boring daily lives, meeting in secret to plot the overthrow of...
Heroes are More than Tavern Brawls
If you're a fan of board games, there's a good chance you've at least heard of Red Dragon Inn, even if you haven't played it. Well, that lighthearted battle of booze and barroom boxing has a new tie-in that better encapsulates the adventurer's life outside the tavern....
Poll: What’s it take to be the greatest bounty hunter?
Back when I first launched my Black Ocean: Mercy for Hire series, I posed this question to my email insiders. The main character, Esper, may be unconventional, but she still shares many of traits the great scifi bounty hunters possess. A bounty hunter's job is to...
Good News, Everyone! It’s the best Sci-Fi show ever
While I hold onto hope that someday this title might get passed along to a Black Ocean adaptation, I just want to talk about the best sci-fi show ever made. With all due respect to the likes of Star Trek, Dr. Who, X-Files, and Firefly, the best science fiction ever...
Henchmen can be heroes too
Not sure what my Author Scrapheap is? I introduce the idea on the Author Scrapheap archive page. This edition hearkens back to some of my earliest fantasy reading back in junior high school. Idea: Henchmen Start with a band of villain’s henchmen as the main...
Firefly: You can’t take this board game from me
I've never made a secret of Firefly being one of the main inspirations of my Black Ocean universe. And when it comes to themed board games, there are few they hew as close to the feel of their source material as Firefly: the board game. In the television series,...
2 techs I want to mash up
For me, the "present" is sort of permanently frozen in my mind as the mid-to-late nineties. As we drift ever onward into the future, we rob old sci-fi stories of their futuristic tropes. Today, we stand on the verge of one that gets little attention but stands in the...
Your DIY magic portal
One of my favorite seeds for story ideas is the notion of the crossover concepts. They've been big in comics since forever and huge in fan-fic. But I like them just for the "what if" scenarios and the interesting fallout that comes from exploring them. I work hard to...