D. Thomas Minton
writes speculative fiction from his home in the mountains of British Columbia.
Category Archives: Writing
I’ve Been Eaten By My Novella, But I’m Still Alive
I’ve been neglecting my site the past few days, so I thought I’d post a quick something to let people know I haven’t disappeared. At the end of December, I started a novella I have been meaning to write for … Continue reading
The Writer’s Bill of Rights
Many writers struggle with self-doubt. I don’t know if this is a product of type of people who write, or if it’s the result of the subjective nature of measuring what’s “good writing” that leaves them crippled when trying to assess … Continue reading
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Tangent Recommends Two of My Stories for 2013
Every January Tangent releases its recommended reading list for the previous year. Tangent is one of the two major science fiction review publications (the other is Locus), so a lot of people see its reviews and its recommendations. Last year, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dreams in Dust, Portraits from the Shadow, Reviews, The Schrödinger War
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Inspiration: “Forget the Rain”
My story “Forget the Rain” appeared this month at Kasma SF. I wrote it shortly after joining the Codex writing group early in 2011. Codex is a large community of predominantly new writers who share information about the publishing business and … Continue reading
Are We All Middle-Aged White Guys?
There has always been the assumption that the stereotypical reader of science fiction is a fairly well to do, middle-aged, white man. While this might be true to some extent (stereotypes are often rooted in some historical “truth,” real or … Continue reading
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A Good Way to Start the New Year
I received some good news on New Year’s eve. My story “Forget the Rain” went live at Kasma SF yesterday, and it has a wonderful illustration by José Baetas. Mr. Baetas did an amazing job capturing the power and majesty of the … Continue reading
A New Interview Posted
Several weeks ago, I did an interview with obsolescent.info press, the publishers of Suction Cup Dreams: An Octopus Anthology, which contains my story “The Octopus Garden.” I didn’t know it, but they published the interview online about two weeks ago. It … Continue reading
Catching Up on November
With the end of December nearly upon me, I figured I needed to revisit November. I never had a chance to close out my NaNoWriMo month because I hopped on plane December 1st, and immediately things got very busy. So … Continue reading
Schlock Talks to Me
Schlock Magazine, a pretty good small press publication, runs a monthly author interview called “Schlock Talks,” and they asked me a while ago if I’d be interested in answering a few questions. I accepted, and they did an interview a few … Continue reading
Catching Up on My Housekeeping
It’s been an unproductive December. It pains me to write those words because overall it’s been a decent year. Sure I’ve been traveling since December 1, but that’s a hollow excuse considering I was traveling for ten days in November … Continue reading
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