Improbable Things

Writing and receiving reviews, reading aloud to my kids, and considering agendas in books and movies and when they are and are not done well -- just a few of the things I'm up to this week! Oh, and I also announce the title of the next Firmament book.

Did I manage to finish Firmament: Eleftheria last month? What are my plans for the series going forward? Was my last read any good? And how in the world should you go about choosing what to read next when you finish a book? I discuss all this on this week's episode of Improbable Things.

Finally settling into our new home! I discuss my new writing area, my book club, all the C. S. Lewis I'm suddenly reading, and my thoughts on making a book out of bits and pieces of other books.

We are moving! Which means I'm not currently writing, but I'm still able to make progress in one specific way. In this episode, I share some book-related moving details, talk about reading to my kids, and give a few (spoiler-free!) Spider-Man: No Way Home thoughts.

I'm back after two weeks of holidays and sickness! In this short episode, I give updates on my writing, finally finish a very long read, and pontificate on the difference between what we can observe and what we should do about it.

I'm glad to be finishing my novel, but why didn't I realize what I had planned for the last few chapters was so boring? Should I raise my reading goal for next year since I've been able to easily surpass it? Also, I read The Midnight Library and it's got me thinking about how to make sure worldview is flowing naturally from the characters and not being forced. I cover all this and more on this wee...

Busy holiday seasons leave little time for writing -- or even for missing writing! Also, I read Dune and my opinion may or may not surprise you. Will I ever have a home library? And is it okay if not everyone likes the same books? I discuss all this on this week's Improbable Things.

Did I finish NaNoWriMo in time? Should I keep up my writing or take a holiday break? How in the world was Ayn Rand able to get me to read 1000 pages about railroads? And is there a right and wrong way to give your story a message? These are the questions I try to answer on this week's Improbable Things.

NaNo update, favorite times to write, and how limitations with kids around has actually helped me be more productive! Also, is propoganda ever a good thing? And how much is too much when it comes to injecting reality into our fiction? We'll discuss all this and more on this week's episode of Improbable Things.

NaNo update! Will I be able to make it to 50,000 words this month? Is writing fun, or is it miserable? And if your TV show gets canceled, should you rush to wrap things up or just let it end and leave people hanging? We'll discuss all this and more on this week's Improbable Things.

In this episode, I give updates on my NaNo novel, talk a little bit about my blog, expound on Humanism in science-fiction, and express my frustration with a common television romance trope.

In this episode I talk about finishing my latest Firmament novel -- and the disaster that followed -- give preliminary NaNoWriMo thoughts, ponder Liane Moriarty's mysteries, and give my opinion on what separates fantasy from science-fiction.

Welcome to the Improbable Things podcast, where I share six thoughts about writing, stories, or science-fiction! In this episode I share updates on my writing plans, compare Atlas Shrugged to 1984, and explain my theory on why the Maze Runner movies are actually better than the books.