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  • Don’t “Show” or “Tell”

    Don’t “Show” or “Tell”

    I attempted to free my writing self by “channeling” advice on how to improve. Specifically, I asked my muse(s) about the concept of “show, not tell.” This is what I got. Would you mind very much if what we show you becomes the basis for twenty-first century writing? I didn’t think so. Here it goes: […]

    Bill Jones, Jr.

    22 June 2022
    descriptions, writing
    books, fiction, narrative theory, science fiction, show not tell, writing
  • Favorites

    Favorites

    I decided to ask myself to think about things I usually take for granted. I’ve started with documenting some of my favorite people and things. Favorite food: Cheese pizza Favorite snack: Cookies Favorite cookies: Cookies Favorite female singer: Paloma Faith Favorite male singer: Kurt Elling Favorite living musician: Avishai Cohen Favorite dead singer(s): Aretha Franklin, […]

    Bill Jones, Jr.

    29 May 2022
    my life
    art, favorites
  • First Lines

    First Lines

    I’ve just become curious about books’ first lines and whether they truly indicate what is to come. After some consideration, I still don’t know the answer to that, but I have pulled together the first lines in all 16 of my published books. At least that was an interesting exercise. Grandfather Time – “Charlie hated […]

    Bill Jones, Jr.

    22 May 2022
    books, writing
    books, excerpt, first lines, writing
  • Eddie Daley Escapes

    Eddie Daley Escapes

    There is something about driving on the open road that brings a man peace. I don’t mean the type of open road you find squeezed in between rubber-stamped suburbs along the U.S. east coast or the hilly off-limits-to-most rolling greenery of much of the UK. I’m talking about the American west, where the only thing […]

    Bill Jones, Jr.

    6 May 2022
    writing
    Eddie Daley, short stories, short story
  • On the Creation of Artificial Beings

    On the Creation of Artificial Beings

    An Excerpt from If A Robot Play The Blues Do It Still Be Funky? Whereas many science fiction authors seem to have taken Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics as given, I had problems with them. Specifically, they were rooted both in the silent morass of colonialist serfdom and built on the invention of robots […]

    Bill Jones, Jr.

    30 April 2022
    future fiction, science fiction
    androids, artificial life, books, fiction, Laws of Robotics, robots, science fiction, writing
  • Trinity’s Redemption: Chapter 1. Introduction

    My name is Trinity. Wow. I haven’t said that name aloud in years. Do not call me that. If I meet you and you do, I cannot guarantee that my response will leave you happy and in good health. Perhaps I should explain. Trinity. I suppose I have rejected the name for most of my […]

    Bill Jones, Jr.

    27 April 2022
    books, science fiction
    Aligned Worlds™, books, dystopia, Sci-Fi, science fiction, writing
  • The Book of Boba Fett Review – 2 out of 5 Stars

    The Book of Boba Fett Review – 2 out of 5 Stars

    The Book of Boba Fett feels like A) a MacGuffin, to explain why the Mandalorian would ever return to a world as boring and desolate at Tatooine, or B) a series that seemed like a good idea, but that was based on a character with nothing to do. We sat and mostly watched Boba Fett […]

    Bill Jones, Jr.

    4 February 2022
    reviews, science fiction
    Boba Fett, science fiction, Star Bores, Star Wars
  • Fifty Perfect Movies

    I rate movies I watch on IMDB.com. It is an interesting exercise, since I find that I remember liking movies differently than I actually did. For instance, it is common to remember loving a comedy only to find I gave it 7 of 10 stars. Similarly, there are movies I have forgotten seeing that I […]

    Bill Jones, Jr.

    17 December 2021
    fiction
    best movies, favorites, IMDB, perfect, top movies
  • “Bunny” a Short Story.

    “Bunny” a Short Story.

    I have always been different. While it would be easy for me to attribute my eccentricities to my having been designed and hand-built by my maker, Bum Ting, himself quite the eccentric, the truth is that I am not just “droid” odd. Even other artificial units look at me with some degree of wariness. It […]

    Bill Jones, Jr.

    5 November 2021
    fiction, science fiction, short stories
    Aligned Worlds™, books, Canon Fodder 1.0, fiction, Kanit, science fiction, short stories, short story, writing
  • A Pregnant Trint Is Still Formidable

    A Pregnant Trint Is Still Formidable

    An excerpt from Hard As Roxx, “Who’s Your Daddy?” “So, your brilliant plan is that you kidnap me, Roxx rushes off to rescue me in a fit of rage and you kill her.” “Something like that,” he answered. He had the disconcerting habit of talking with his hands, gun hand included. “Yeah, well, I’ve seen […]

    Bill Jones, Jr.

    31 May 2021
    Excerpt, science fiction
    #scifi, Aligned Worlds™, excerpt, Hard as Roxx, science fiction, Trint
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