Scientific Introspection has won the coveted BIBA award for 2020’s best independent book, nonfiction-psychology. See: (https://bestindiebookaward.com/live/) Scientific Introspection is an essay in psychology and philosophy of science. It calls for psychologists to use introspection to investigate the mind. If you thought … Continue reading →
Who? Phane and Flooma, of course, aliens from the planet Vikos, stranded on Earth. You haven’t heard? They escaped the compound out in the desert near Sparks, Nevada where the rest of the Vikosian expedition is held prisoner by Rimar, … Continue reading →
Scientific Introspection is my monograph on philosophical psychology in 45,000 words. It was scheduled for launch the day after Labor Day, but it escaped early because I entered the wrong date into a vendor’s website. Rather than fight with that, I … Continue reading →
I just finished sending out two dozen queries to literary agents, pitching my latest sci-fi novel, “Alien Panic.” My expectations for a positive agent response are close to zero, and I look toward self-publishing the book in January. Why did … Continue reading →
Wait, scientific what? It’s not sci-fi. It’s neither sci- nor fi-. Scientific Introspection is an essay in philosophical psychology, about 45,000 words. I’ll publish it online as an ebook and in paper. I have no idea how I could promote … Continue reading →
First lines have become a fetish. Recently, one of my book clubs decided to discuss first lines. Articles, Videos, proliferating lists, and whole books are written about first lines. Somebody needs to call Emperor’s Clothes on this obsession. I’ll do … Continue reading →
June 2, 2020 The protests across America about police brutality and racism are deeply disturbing. Though I’ve been writing fiction for the last twenty years, I have a Ph.D. in psychology and some idea about how the mind works, so … Continue reading →
I was delighted when my recent book, Alien Talk, received a positive review. The book is the second in the Newcomers Series, about AI androids making their way in a human world. The review came from Booklife, the division of … Continue reading →
If I write anything longer than a page, I need an outline, otherwise, the ideas and words slide around like quicksilver. I write what I don’t mean and I don’t mean what I write. I leave out what’s important and … Continue reading →
Intelligent Things has qualified as a semi-finalist for the prestigious Cygna Award in Sci-fi. A “semi-finalist” is one level of filtering better than “shortlisted” in their schema. I’ll take my wins wherever I find them, so I say, woo-hoo!! What … Continue reading →
