Jan 30, 2014 | News and Media, On Writing, Past Notes
Journalist-turned-fiction author Ned Hayes offers his two cents on what it means to be a writer by Clarke Humphrey Ned Hayes does his homework, a clear sign that he’s a reporter at heart. An hour-long conversation with him about writing — in a bookstore, of all...
Jan 16, 2014 | News and Media, On Books, Past Notes
The wonderful writer Jeb Harrison just posted a great little blurb / preview of SINFUL FOLK, my new novel in the Huffington Post Book section! Here it is! Tales of Hard Winters Long Ago The writer Richard Adams, in Watership Down, said that “Many human beings say...
Jul 2, 2009 | News and Media, On Technology, Past Notes, Post-Human Future
The assumption that ‘raw’ matter such as silicon, metals, and ceramics can be organized in such a manner that they can give rise to a mental state that we can recognize as consciousness, is a fundamental underpinning of the effort to create artificial intelligence. As...
Mar 9, 1997 | News and Media, On Writing, Past Notes
(This essay on Michael Dorris was originally published online on my own blog, and received significant notice in the FAS community and was re-posted in various forums online. Please note that the names of family have been changed in this essay.)...
