Author: JRVogt

Linkage today comes from artist Goro Fujita, who does an amazing job of mixing mundane and fantastic elements that make you do a double-take. Lots of little details to hunt down in many of his works. Here a favorite, and then make sure to check out his gallery for more.…

…I’m definitely investing in some of these: Would it be fair to get some for my coworkers as well to level the playing field, or should I rule the hallway with a nerf fist? I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

Ok. This has me rolling. What else is there to say? I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

Okay, so perhaps it isn’t full-on reality, but I’ll take this show over all the other ones that are clogging the networks lately.  I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

Author Carrie Vaughn has done a three part series on urban fantasy, explaining its virtues, its downfalls, cliches, and what “urban fantasy” means in the first place.  Is there a formula to determine whether a story is urban fantasy or not? Carrie argues that the first thing to look for…

Okay, not quite. But close enough. Are researchers honestly not thinking about what could be done with this technology should it fall into the wrong hands?  Any particular technology trends that have you leery? Like household robots or A.I. pets? Let’s start Monday off with a little panic attack about…

This is one of my failings that I try to weed out of my first draft, so when I ran across this plea to Overwriters by the Editorial Ass., it resonated enough that I needed to share.  Overwriting is a difficult bug to squash. For every instance of overwriting that…

The voting and judging is done for the Clarity of Night short fiction contest. A great job for everyone. Some stellar stories that really stood out from the pack.  Let me thank everyone for your votes that got me in a tie for 3rd place Reader’s Choice. I appreciate all…

It’s happening a lot around the country right now. A bunch of people both I and my wife know have been hit by the news that their position has been downgraded, eliminated, or whatever other word is used. And, unfortunately, this became the case for me late last week. The…

So the latest Clarity of Night short fiction contest ended yesterday. Did anyone else enter? Send me the link to your post if you did. There are over 125 entries this time around. Quite a turnout. It’s always fun to see this many people’s interpretation of a single picture. (Here’s…