When Ursula Dissed Kazuo: 7 Bits of Book Gossip
Two great writers face off.
How Islam Rejected and then Embraced Fiction
Arabic fiction was outlawed at the start of Islam, but the courts slowly accepted works like 1001 Nights.
Elephant Fiction for World Elephant Day
Understand the depth of satisfaction with life as an elephant.
Can Visionary Fiction Trump Violence?
How do I write about Magic when the Realism of the world is so dire?
Magic in the Time of Conventions
A Magic realism tale about performing artists in an alien arts conservatory called Draill U.
1001, The Reincarnation Chronicles, and Magic Realism
In my series the question is: “How do we deal with having lifetime after lifetime?” What’s the realistic consequences of this magical phenomenon?
7 Musings on Interstellar Sci-Fi Film
A truly classic sci-fi film? An heir to 2001 A Space Odyssey?
Bibliotherapy from the Visionary Fiction Alliance
The idea that reading and writing visionary books is therapeutic.
Reframing Book Genres
Many authors’ ideas outrun their genres, especially self-published writers working outside the box.
Scheherazade Meets the Karate Kid
How my past methods as a composer have (un)consciously influenced my writing habits.

