D. Thomas Minton
writes speculative fiction from his home in the mountains of British Columbia.
Category Archives: Inspiration
Inspiration: “The Octopus Garden”
Two weeks ago, Suction Cup Dreams: An Octopus Anthology was published by obsolescent.info press. The anthology contains my story “The Octopus Garden.” I originally wrote this story in 1991 after watching a documentary on Vanuatu. The documentary had a sequence in … Continue reading
Ack! NaNoWriMo is Here Already
Where did October go? Ordinarily I wouldn’t comment on the ending of a month, but with October ending, it means November is starting. November means National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. For those not familiar with NaNoWriMo, it’s a celebration of … Continue reading
Coming Home to Autumn
I spent last week on the road attending a science conference in Madison, Wisconsin as part of my day job. Madison is a beautiful city with huge stone edifices for building and a green ethic that is visible on every street corner—recycle … Continue reading
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Galen Dara Gets Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist
I mentioned the Hugo Award winners for fiction a few days ago, but I missed noticing that Galen Dara won a Hugo as Best Fan Artist. I first encounter Ms. Dara’s work in the Dagan Books’ Cthulhurotica anthology. The cover for that … Continue reading
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Tagged Hugo Awards, Lightspeed Magazine, The Schrödinger War
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Inspiration: “The Schrödinger War”
“The Schrödinger War….” This was a hard story to write, probably one of the hardest I’ve ever written for a variety of reasons. It took me a year to get this one right. Not all at once; I would periodically pick … Continue reading
A Shameless Plug and Happy Birthday to Dr. Schrödinger
Leave it to Google to tell me something I didn’t know, but can now use as shameless promotion for my work. Today would have been Erwin Schrödinger’s 126th birthday (if he were still alive, that is, or maybe undead—do zombies … Continue reading
A Visit to the Carving Room
I enjoy carousels enough that I’ve written a story about them (“The Last Horse,” which appeared in the September 2012 of Aoife’s Kiss), and I like to visit historical ones when I get the chance. Yesterday, I visited the Historic Carousel … Continue reading
Inspiration: Portaits from the Shadow
Inspiration is an odd thing. Sometimes I know where it comes from; other times I don’t. In the case of “Portraits from the Shadow,” published this month in InterGalactic Medicine Show, I don’t really know what inspired this story. While … Continue reading
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Inspiration: The Negotiation
My flash story “The Negotiation” emailed to Daily Science Fiction subscribers today. Regular readers of my site know I like to write a little about the inspiration for each of my published stories, so I thought today might be a good … Continue reading
A Flash for Its Day
Saturday was National Flash Fiction Day, a day to celebrate short stories with less than 1,000 words. I know at least one of you wrote a flash story, because Laura posted hers into the comment section (huzzah!). I hope others were … Continue reading
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