novelist, hair wizard, game designer
I am not a creative person. I don’t really do ideas ex nihilo[1]. I’ve said a thousand times that I can’t just make things up.
So where do my ideas come from?
I see it very much as a process of inputs and outputs. That I consume media and through the tea…
Every time I show my uncle a photo of my dogs[1], he’d unfailing make a jokey…
Instead of a harsh teacher or a discouraging parent, the Critical Voice I’ve internalised is that of the nitpicking internet hate-reader.
Note: this contains basically all the spoilers
It’s impossible to talk about The Rise of Skywalker without addressing the huge, hateful backlash to The Last Jedi and to a…
We stand on this land worn by tears
But our rage burns away all our fears
Lift your face, find your voice, free your silent tongue
John W. Campbell, for whom this award was named, was a fascist. Through his editorial control of Astounding Science Fiction, he is responsible for setting a tone of science fiction that still haunts the genre to this day. Sterile. Male. White. Exalting in the ambitions of imperialists and colonisers, settlers and industrialists. Yes, I am aware there…