Story Recommendations February 2020

February 17, 2020 ~ Tobias Backman ~ Leave a comment

I appologize for being a little-- okay, very late with the story recommendations. But there's no such joy as the joy of expectation, right? Right? Right. Let's just get on with it. You didn't come here to read my ramblings anyway. Or at least not ramblings unrelated to stories. Chrysalis by Will Shadbolt (Daily Science … Continue reading Story Recommendations February 2020

Don’t Tell me the Meaning – Exhalation: Stories vs. The Story of Your Life and Others

February 4, 2020February 11, 2020 ~ Tobias Backman ~ 5 Comments

Let's jump right in to it. This is going to be an essay about how to explore themes and big ideas when writing fiction. It's going contain some minor spoilers for some of the stories in the two Ted Chiang short story collections Exhalation: Stories and The Story of Your Life and Others (also known … Continue reading Don’t Tell me the Meaning – Exhalation: Stories vs. The Story of Your Life and Others