In 1991, I took my girlfriend at the time to see Terminator 2. A first-run movie cost me about $9 for an evening showing for two people. I spent more at the late, lamented Chopstick Garden after the show. In 2019, I took my two youngest stepsons to a matinee showing of The Rise of…
A few years ago, as my wife’s health declined and bills piled up, I took on a second job. I did not want to deliver pizza or deal with the hell that is working retail. I joined the gig economy and started driving Uber. “Uber? Oh, my God. People throw up in your car.” Actually,…
The other day, I listened to the Writer’s Journey podcast with guest J. Diane Dotson. The topic was worldbuilding. Diane is a science fiction writer who’s clearly read Asimov. Some of the details she mentions come straight out of Asimov’s work. One thing she mentioned was what it looks like to be in a setting….
This past weekend, I had two of my stepsons take photos for this site and the books coming out. (More on the Kepler rereleases soon.) As you may or may not already know, I write science fiction as TS Hottle. When I was more active as Jim Winter, I tended to be clean-shaven and had…
As a wise man once said, mesa back! What happened? Crime wasn’t selling. I couldn’t close the deal with the last agent I talked to. Frankly, after fifteen years, I got sick of the whole deal and went over to science fiction. The sales there have been spectacular, too, but at least I was having…