The Question Of Race In Shadows From The Sun

Do I dare tackle the topic of racism in a story about Paradise? That was the question I wrestled with as I considered the conflicts which would develop in Shadows From The Sun. Anything I wrote would be flirting with disaster. Too many people are easily offended—from the hypersensitive moralist to the outright racist. But […]

Venus And Mars Read Different Books

  And We’re Not Talking Science Fiction Years ago, I read that 80% of fiction readers were women. That was before Google made the actual percentage much easier to check. As it turns out, the figure is closer to 50%. But only 30% of male readers choose a good story to get lost in. Both […]