D. Thomas Minton
writes speculative fiction from his home in the mountains of British Columbia.
Category Archives: Writing
Liquid Imagination Will Have “The Sea Shall Have Them”
Liquid Imagination has accepted my story “The Sea Shall Have Them” for their February 2012 issue (Issue #12). This is one of those stories I mentioned a while ago that has a strong nautical influence, something that is generally—and you … Continue reading
Part Two of “Thief of Futures” Podcast Now Available
Last week, Paul Cole at Beam Me Up! posted the first part of his podcast of “Thief of Futures.” Part two is now available for listening. If you don’t have time to enjoy Paul’s entire show, my story starts, or rather continues, at the 39:30 … Continue reading
Is Originality All It’s Cracked Up to Be?
In a review of the William de Kooning exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (New York City), I came across an interesting quote attributed to the artist: “In art one idea is as good as another.” This seems to … Continue reading
Appreciating the (Point of) View
My writing group, Hopefull Monsters, occasionally engages in discussions of writing craft. A recent discussion got me thinking about point of view, or POV. The POV is the perspective from which a story is written, for example first person (the “I” POV) or … Continue reading
“Thief of Futures” Podcast Now Available
Paul Cole at Beam Me Up! has posted part one of his podcast of “Thief of Futures.” Mr. Cole reads short fiction as part of his science news show, broadcast out of WRFR in Rockland, Maine. It’s an eclectic show, with space news, spacey music, … Continue reading
“Rules for Writing”
I “discovered” writer Marc Schuster’s website, Abominations, a few weeks ago when he dropped by and left a comment on one of my posts. He runs a fantastic site with frequent posts that are always interesting and often laugh-out-loud funny—check out … Continue reading
NaNoWriMo: The Final Tally
November is over. NaNoWriMo has officially ended. Whew! With yesterday’s effort, I finished just shy of 53,000 words for the month. While I made the NaNoWriMo word count, I came up short on the goal of finishing the draft of my novel. … Continue reading
A Little Love for Thief
Rusty Keele runs a site called Best Science Fiction Stories. Every few days, he features a story that has caught his eye, and last Monday he featured my story “Thief of Futures.” Considering the number of speculative fiction stories published every … Continue reading
Editors Beware: Writers Talk
For me, the best thing I can get from an editor is a letter saying he or she wants to buy my story. Second to that is a personal rejection, wherein the editor offers me a few words of constructive criticism … Continue reading
NaNoWriMo: Week 3
It was a struggle, but the third week of NaNoWriMo is over. Surprisingly, I’m still hanging in there—good thing I got ahead of the word count the first two weeks, because my gains were lost last week while I was traveling for … Continue reading
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