Watching Helix, Figure AI’s humanoid robot, calmly flipping boxes like a human worker, I felt that eerie thrill: science fiction is stepping right into the kitchen. With promises of domestic robots in homes within a decade, are we ready for this future — or already living it?
The editor-author relationship is professional and reciprocal: clear, honest feedback from the editor, and respect and understanding from the author. In the end, it’s your book — but professional editing comes with professional expectations.
Several brave souls asked AI to generate crochet patterns—and then crocheted them exactly as written. The results? Somewhere between “avant-garde art piece” and “woolly cryptid escaped from the yarn stash.”
What if people lived out their entire lives aboard interstellar cruise ships, drifting between stars with no planetary home? Inspired by a real-world ocean liner turned permanent residence, this post explores the practicalities and story potential of life aboard a spacefaring cruiser.
Why do I prefer ancient history over medieval? Because when it comes to science, culture—and especially women’s rights—the ancients had it going on. Celtic women owned property, led armies (hi, Boudicca), and could even shame their husbands for underperforming in bed. Compare that to medieval Europe, where married women basically vanished from the legal record. This post dives into why I’ll always pick a toga over a tabard, and why history, like fiction, is better when women get to speak.
Discover the real-world science behind mother trees and how forests heal us—plus how these ideas inspired the magical woodlands in Roots of the Storm and beyond.
Creative inertia is real. Whether you’ve stepped away from your novel for five minutes or five months, restarting always feels harder than continuing. It’s not a personal failing—it’s physics. Here’s how to beat the resistance and get back into flow, one “Just Start” at a time.
“Writing short stories started as a clever way to outsmart publishing algorithms, but it quickly became a passion. They’re fast, fierce, and let me explore parts of my worlds that novels can’t always reach.”
