D. Thomas Minton
writes speculative fiction from his home in the mountains of British Columbia.
Category Archives: Writing
Hearing My Own Words: “Memories of Childhood” Podcast
I was pleasantly surprised when I got an email yesterday from Jim Phillips, the editor at Nil Desperandum, telling me the podcast of my story “Memories of Childhood” was now available. This story, which original appeared in OG’s Speculative Fiction waaaaaay … Continue reading
“Memories of Childhood” Hits the Airwaves
Jim Phillips, editor of Nil Desperandum, just dropped me an email to tell me that the podcast of “Memories of Childhood” is available. I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet, but I’m looking forward to checking it out later today. … Continue reading
Title Me Thus, Sayeth Gomorrah
Titles fascinating me, partly because I find them extremely challenging to write—either a title comes to me in a shot of inspiration, or no amount of wringing the ol’ grey-matter brings one—but also because they come in so many forms, from … Continue reading
Hot Mustard—I’m in There!
I stumbled across the Internet Speculative Fiction Database recently while exploring the vast reaches of the interweb. I hadn’t heard of it before, so I checked it out. Like any moderately vain person, I typed my own name into it … Continue reading
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Tagged Fantasy, Internet Speculative Fiction Database, Short Story
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Hopeful(l) Monsters
Yesterday I was catching up on a back issue of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. A short story called “Signs of Life” by Carter Scholz contained a paragraph that struck a chord with me: “DNA copies itself imperfectly, or evolution … Continue reading
Congratulations to the New Kid
As I do near the beginning of every month, I popped over to Lightspeed Magazine to check out their upcoming lineup. Not only will they have a story by Connie Willis at the end of the month, but I also … Continue reading
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Tagged Lightspeed Magazine, Million Writers Award, Thief of Futures
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To Write, Write, Write
Like everything in the world, there’s considerable variability in productivity from writer to writer. Some writers are notoriously slow, whereas others seem to have a steady stream of novels, short stories, poems, articles, graphic novels, blog post, etc. flying off their fingers. … Continue reading
Updates
A few updates on forthcoming stories: “Thief of Futures” has been tentatively scheduled for the September issue of Lightspeed Magazine. Dagan Books has updated the release date for IN SITU to “late Summer 2011”. Hopefully this means my story “Hoodoo” will be … Continue reading
A Weekend “Interview”
I spent the weekend answering questions for an “Author’s Spotlight” to run in conjuction with my upcoming story at Lightspeed Magazine. It was an interview, of sorts, which was a first for me as a fiction writer. (I’ve have done interviews for my … Continue reading
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