The only way time travel could work is if the traveler had been completely removed from existence, and was only an observer looking in. Peering through a window, fast forwarding and rewinding time at will but forever separate from causality. If you could go everywhere, see everything--but interact with nothing... would it be worth it …
The waterless flood
I liked Oryx and Crake so much I got the sequel, The Year of the Flood--although I've heard several people say it can stand alone and doesn't need any knowledge of Oryx and Crake in order to read it. So far this is true. The story follows several characters who are a part of the …
Pick something and stick to it
Easier said than done... This is a blog post aimed at myself. I'm talking to myself, wow, am I okay? Edit! Or rewrite! Or write a short story! Or start a new novel! Not all of these at once! Trying to do too many things leads to nothing being done. This has been a constant …
What to write…
Too many things to choose from means I can't pick one, and thus I do nothing! I've got to make a decision and get out of this slump, except every time I make one, I change my mind a few days later... How will this end...
Inventing words
I just watched this TED talk by a man who makes up words to describe obscure emotional feelings such as the hunger for disaster, or the fear of achieving your goals... He describes words at one point as 'keys into people's minds.' That's very apt. Language in essence is a form of mind control. I …
Jonas David 