by admin | Mar 16, 2006 | News
Get this: If you could get in your car and drive to Proxima Centauri, which at four light-years away is the closest star to Earth, it would take you approximately 38,262,857 years to get there, if you drove 70 mph.38,262,857 years? I get bored during the 1-1/2 hour...
by admin | Mar 9, 2006 | News
If you’re interested in selling a novel, you probably know that finding an agent is the usual first step on the road to publication (after completing the manuscript, of course). The most common way to start the search is to consult the Guide to Literary Agents...
by admin | Mar 2, 2006 | News
I wrote my first short story when I was eleven years old. It was called (I think) “World War III and the Laser Interceptors.” The only reason you write something like that when you’re eleven is because you are genuinely interested in storytelling....
by admin | Feb 20, 2006 | News
Recently I was asked by a science-oriented periodical to submit short story for their upcoming fiction supplement. I didn’t have anything suitable to send them, but I would nevertheless like to submit something, which means I have to write a story from scratch....
by richardc | Feb 17, 2006 | News
Everyone is required to take an exam before being issued a driver’s license, but there are two problems with this: a) when you’re sixteen, you care a whole lot more about impressing the opposite sex than you care about driving skills, and b) half the shit...
by richardc | Feb 10, 2006 | News
In college I met a guy named Brian Weir, who is one of the most competitive and passionate people I’ve ever known. His willingness to do anything, no matter what the sacrifice, makes him a tough competitor. You know the type of guy I’m talking about....
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