Blog #45
Why You Say It, by Webb Garrison, is an intriguing collection of why certain phrases have taken hold in our language. For example, the...
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Jack McDevitt
- Nov 16, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #44
The most common question that comes up at workshops is how can I know whether I have enough skill to write professionally? The answer is...
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Jack McDevitt
- Nov 2, 2019
- 2 min
Blog Post #43
One of the advantages writers experience, one that people generally don’t hear about, is that publishers and other writers send them a...
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Jack McDevitt
- Oct 15, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #42
There’s evidence that what we make of our lives is largely determined by where we are born and grow up. We are all influenced by our...
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Jack McDevitt
- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #41
Readers with writing ambitions frequently ask about the common mistakes they might make. What are the most frequent errors made by...
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Jack McDevitt
- Sep 18, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #40
Recently I posted a statement that Midnight in Paris was the best time-travel film I’d ever seen. A week or so ago I saw The Final...
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Jack McDevitt
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #39
Astronomy Magazine has a cover story: life on other worlds could be more diverse than on Earth. I haven’t gotten my copy yet so I’m not...
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Jack McDevitt
- Aug 15, 2019
- 2 min
Blog#38
My last blog mentioned Gregory MacAllister, the journalist who appeared in several of the Academy novels. I should have added that Mac is...
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Jack McDevitt
- Jul 17, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #36
Edgar Rice Burroughs was among the first authors I ever read. Only one Tarzan book, I think. But I loved John Carter, and I got...
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Jack McDevitt
- Jun 30, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #35
Short fiction has always seemed to be the natural narrative form for SF. Ask most readers for their all-time science fiction favorites...
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Jack McDevitt
- Jun 17, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #34
The Milky Way has, at last count, about two hundred billion stars. Billions of them are G-type main sequence, the same as our sun. Which...
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Jack McDevitt
- Jun 2, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #33
I was an avid science fiction reader from my earliest days with Astounding Science Fiction, Startling Stories and Thrilling Wonder. While...
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Jack McDevitt
- May 15, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #32
I’ve always been struck by the things we take for granted: electricity, plumbing, TV, cars and highways, doctors, newspapers. And a ton...
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Jack McDevitt
- Apr 30, 2019
- 1 min
Blog #31
Seth McFarlane has been described as a fan of Star Trek, particularly The Next Generation. It’s hard to miss in The Orville, the Fox show...
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Jack McDevitt
- Apr 18, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #30
In an era of unrelenting bad news, where the most visible current scientific advance had to do primarily with a black hole, let me offer...
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Jack McDevitt
- Apr 1, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #29
The value of comics is grossly underrated. Newspaper strips have been reduced in size over the years, and there aren’t many adults who...
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Jack McDevitt
- Mar 15, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #28
Writing careers, like those of teachers, embody serious rewards but also require major investments in time and effort. And that’s not...
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Jack McDevitt
- Mar 7, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #27
Saga Press released Gregory Benford’s latest novel, Rewrite, shortly before the end of the year. Charlie Moment, a history professor...
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Jack McDevitt
- Jan 30, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #26
I’ve mentioned before that people at SF conventions or simply attending luncheons or in classrooms tend to get annoyed if a speaker...
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