Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

If you’re ever in the Seattle area, I highly recommend you visit Woodland Park Zoo, which shows how fun a zoo can be.  The above peacock w...

Sari Webb, way down in Australia, has posted an excellent entry on the beginnings of stories, with points such as:   Start at the point of...

As part of my effort to have new experiences to help my creativity as a writer, I attended an opera not too long ago -- in a movie theater. ...

This playground ride will separate the men from the boys.  (It will also separate their shoulders.)   The alternate caption is, if your...

Over at Unicorn Bell , they're having a First Page Critique session.  Submit the first 250 words of your story by June 14 by 5:00 pm, CS...

While I was at Norwescon, a major publisher in the business gave a dismal view of the future of the paperback book.  Everyone there knew tha...

FBI agent Jace Valchek has been pulled into an alternate reality—one where her skills at tracking down psychopaths are sorely needed.  You s...

A German newscast tried to show the seal of the US Navy Seals, which took out Osama bin Laden.  Instead, they mistakenly showed a fan-create...

I had a dream last night.  I strongly recommend that all of you write down your dreams.  This one was the result of childhood memories of ...