There's a R in the month, so I can talk about oysters. All authors, especially authors of speculative fiction, are asked, "Where do you get your ideas?" ...

A SHADOW ON THE GLASS is a "science-fantasy" novel. When creating this book, did you think in terms of combining Science Fiction and Fantasy?

Not at all, though after it was written I realised that, because of my training and work as a scientist, the settings I had created and the fantasy elements of my story had a strong and logical foundation which added to the realism and believability of my worlds.

Initially ...

The debate on human cloning is probably like none other, touching science, ethics and the law together and at such vitality. The miracle of producing man from man has aroused the interest of many, some hell bent on making it a reality, some more conservative in approach. This article analysis both sides and provides a third perspective.

To formulate an answer to the above question, there is a need to understand the concept of cloning. Cloning is a process of production of one or more plants or animals possessing the same genetic structure as another plant or animal. Cloning can be done in two essential formats:

Embryo cloning - wherein the duplication takes place at the embryo stage of reproduction, and not after cell differentiation. ...

The five things that creates a better manuscript

Pace
Closeness to reality
Clarity
Enjoyment
Great Characters
When writing a manuscript, you have a lot of topics to consider. This section of Lucid Writing Advice will touch upon these topics, and hopefully steer you in the right direction.

PACE

Everywhere you look in a bookstore you see books of all shapes and sizes. Tall ones, small ones, thick ones, and slim ones. If you are an avid reader, the size of the book is directly equivalent to your span of interest. To the writer, the size of the book has to do with the pacing.

Seldom do you find the ending at the beginning or vice versa. The pace ...

5 ways to know if you have passive voice and fix it

Objects are acted upon
Limited Dialogue
Look for Was
A feeling of being in the past
The Answers
This article is a follow up on some of the topics I discusses in LWA V, but yet it deals with a type of voice that many beginning writers stumble into, and not by choice.

OBJECTS ARE ACTED UPON

Passive voice, unlike the more excited active voice, gives writing a sense of going no where. The bad thing is that most writers don’t even know their writing in the passive voice until it’s too late...when they finally relax and read their work. In passive voice everything just happens, and objects are acted upon. What do I mean by that? Look ...