D. Thomas Minton
writes speculative fiction from his home in the mountains of British Columbia.
Category Archives: Writing
Toasted Cake Wins Parsec Award for Best New Podcast
Toasted Cake recently produced a wonderful podcast of my story “Clownspace.” I learned a couple of days ago that Toasted Cake was honored with a Parsec Award for best new podcast. While I wasn’t overly familiar with the Parsec Awards (I’d heard of them, … Continue reading
Self-doubt and the Fine Art of Rejectomancy
Rejection is part of writing for publication. Pro-rate magazines accept considerably less than one percent of all submissions. As a writer, you either grow a thick skin about it, or you stop submitting stories. With all of the rejection inherent … Continue reading
Hugo Award Winners Announced
Many years ago, I set out to read “the best” science fiction novels written, but didn’t know where to start. I decided to read all of the Hugo and Nebula award winners. I quickly found that I tended to prefer the … Continue reading
Analog Gets New Leadership
After 34 years at the helm of Analog, Dr. Stanley Schmidt is retiring. Analog is one of the “big three” publications in the short speculative fiction field, and has produced numerous Hugo and Nebula winning stories and launched the careers of … Continue reading
“My Mask, Human” Set for End of September
It looks like Daily Science Fiction will publish my story, “My Mask, Humanity,” on September 28th. I say “looks like” because the news didn’t come via the folks at DSF, but through SF Signal, a reputable science fiction website. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Science Fiction, My Mask Humanity, Writers of the Future
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Digging Out
I enjoy traveling to remote and interesting place—it’s one of the reasons I went into the line of work I did for my day job—but I also really enjoy coming home…except for the pile of things that always continues to … Continue reading
Returning Home to Some Toasted Cake
I made it back from my Palmyra adventure in one piece. I’m a little tanner and lot tired, but it was a good trip. I got a lot of science done, but equally important, I got a lot writing accomplished, too. I … Continue reading
Writing in the Swarm
I tend to squeeze my writing into the mornings, often before the sun come up. This is especially true when the day job takes me traveling because the days are busy and tiring, and writing in the evening is generally … Continue reading
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Doubling Up
It’s been quiet around here recently because I’m still down in Palmyra and my time to write is limited. With the limited time I do have, I’ve been focusing on writing stories rather than posting here, which is actually a … Continue reading
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Writing on the Run
My day job occasionally takes me to interesting places. Most of these places are remote islands in the Pacific Ocean. Currently I’m on Palmyra, a small atoll about 1000 miles south of the Hawaiian Islands. It’s isolated by its distance … Continue reading
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D. Thomas Minton 