Author: JRVogt

Remember that video I posted a few days back about the real life “superheroes”? Well, did anyone guess how long it would take before some real life villains stepped up to oppose them? Turns out…not long at all. With a craigslist ad, this evil-doer has put out a bounty on…

I am so not here today. For distraction purposes, watch this movie trailer for District 9, a fascinating look at human-alien relations. I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

Most post today is a “look-thataway” notice. It’s every author’s dream to get on the NYT’s bestseller list, right? That’s when we start selling a gazillion copies, get on talk shows and make it big. We become rich and famous and never have another care in the world.  Or is…

Fun news to pass on. My short story, Don’t Read Them After Midnight, was published in the ’08 horror anthology, Bound For Evil (from Dead Letter Press). The editor of Bound For Evil, Tom English, recently sent out word that the collection has been nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award…

A long while back, I posted about a number of real life “superheroes” who patrol various cities in costume and try to fight crime. We even have one here in Denver called Wall-Crawler.  CNN recently did a report on these…folks…and their organization, which is called the Allegiance of Heroes.  Now,…

Check this link out for a plethora of publishing company Penguin’s classic Science Fiction book covers. It starts in 1872 and moves all the way up to the 1970s. Each piece of art comes with a summary of what inspired it and when it got published. Enjoy! I see that…

Just the other day, I started on a brand new story. Admittedly, this was after a few weeks of prep work, building the world I want it set in, sketching characters and laying it a rough plotline. Some writers don’t even do that. They dive right in from Word One…

Science fiction is full of so many robots, it’s hard to keep track of them. But here’s a handy list that runs down through the years, pointing out such classics as Doctor Who’s K-9, all the way up to the Transformers and several movie favorites. Plus, check out this visual…

The upside if this kind of restaurant interface becomes widespread is it will make eating out a much more fun and interactive experience. Plus it continues the advancement of table-top computer usage, getting people used to operating a system with more than just a keyboard and mouse. Downsides? Well, it’ll…

Just a few days ago, I threw up some links to a few sites that review book covers, and some folks talked about how they can’t help but visualize the covers to their stories, even though they realize any kind of art might not live up to their (or the…