D. Thomas Minton
writes speculative fiction from his home in the mountains of British Columbia.
Category Archives: Writing
With Days to Spare
Whew! With only a handful of days left in 2011, I’ve met my final writing goal for the year. I finished the first draft of my untitled science fiction novel. I need to get a little distance from it before delving into the … Continue reading
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The Mind (Games) of an Aspiring Writer
I call myself an aspiring writer, which recently struck one of my friends as an odd thing to say. I was already published, he pointed out, numerous times over and in professional-rate magazines, so how was I still an “aspiring” … Continue reading
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On Improving the Craft
As an aspiring writer, I’m constantly looking to improve my writing. In addition to writing, writing, writing (and critiquing, critiquing, critiquing), I read whatever I can find about the craft of storytelling. There’s a lot of advice out there—some of it contradictory—but I … Continue reading
Hits, With Purpose
This post is about the power of Mr. T and Steve Urkel. Call it an experiment in their pop culture power, and I want to see just how much juice they bring to the Thunderdome. Hmm….this make me wonder if would … Continue reading
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Tagged Mad Max, Master Blaster, Mr. T, pop culture, Thunderdome, Urkel, Writing Craft
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“No Better Yesterday for Tomorrow” Finds a Home
December continues to be kind. Mystic Signals has bought my story “No Better Yesterday for Tomorrow.” It’s been accepted as a featured story for their print-only version (they publish some stories both online and in print). It will appear in issue … Continue reading
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Tagged Mystic Signals, No Better Yesterday for Tomorrow, Sale
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A Quick-as-Flash Update (part deux)
I guess I jumped the clichéd gun yesterday with my update, because I awoke this morning to find “page” proofs for my story “Still Life Through Water Droplets” in my email inbox. Daily Science Fiction has scheduled it to be mailed … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Science Fiction, Still Life Through Water Droplets
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A Quick-as-Flash Update
The next few months will be busy for me on the publishing front (and hopefully for readers on the reading front). I have several stories hitting bookstores and the ether, and I thought I’d give a quick summary of what’s coming: … Continue reading
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Tagged Clownspace, Observations on a Clock, The Sea Shall Have Them
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“Thief of Futures” Podcast Concludes
The conclusion of the podcast of “Thief of Futures” is now available online. Paul Cole at Beam Me Up! did nice job with it—I felt each part got stronger. Paul had originally planned to run it in four parts, but … Continue reading
“Observations on a Clock” Available December 20th
I had a spike in the number of visitors to my site today, so I figured something was up. A little looking around and a timely Google Alert lead me to SFScope. They’ve posted the contents and release date for … Continue reading
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Tagged Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Observations on a Clock, Short Story
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Rich and Versatile, Indeed
Last week, I published a post about “Rules for Writing.” In that post I said that I particularly like P. D. James five rules, one of which was: Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft. … Continue reading
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