Category Archives: Ella Drake
The Killing Joke
I just read the comic The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. For the most part, my comics reading has been over on the Marvel side and I rarely read DC comics. But while I enjoy the new “reboot” Batman movies, I’d yet to pick up the comics. (This may have something to […]
Science Fiction Romance
Let me start where it all began. In my dad’s book collection. Like any good dad, he made sure to build my Nancy Drew collection and when the time came, Jane Austen and the Brontes, but he also gave me hard cover Stephen Kings for birthdays and Christmases when I got to my teens. But […]
Philip K Dick
I’m currently reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick. Timely, I think, with the Blade Runner movie reboot rumors. But also because two memos of note surrounding the movie have gained recent attention. The first, io9 posted the article (via Reddit), Meet the three Blade Runner producers who hated Blade Runner […]
Einstein and Pizza π
Albert Einstein was born March 14, 1879, 134 years ago. (Oh! Rearrange those numbers and what do ya got?) With such an auspicious birthday, 3.14, he went on to help develop the atomic bomb, the theory of relativity, and received the Nobel Peace Prize. I wonder. When he worked on all those equations in his mountains […]
A sampling of Arisia 2013
I attended Arisia 2013 in Boston this month. I came away feeling that so much of it was a visual treat. So I thought I’d share with you some of those visuals. There were video games and the most popular with my kids, an area for board games with demos, tournaments, and just the opportunity […]
DNA tracking is now. Not the future.
If you read or write dystopian fiction, you may have considered whether or not big brother is watching. Or rather, what might happen in the future if we really did have a world-wide breakdown and the government became oppressive in all the evil, totalitarian ways of nightmares. Well, not to add to the paranoia of […]
Out with the old, in with the new
2012 had some unique challenges for me. I have to say I’m looking forward to seeing what 2013 brings. Already I know I’ll be facing a few firsts. In January, I’ll be a newbie at Arisia, a science fiction convention held in Boston. I’ll also be giving my first workshop at RWA New England Chapter’s […]
2012 Year in Review
The authors and hosts of Contact-Infinite Futures all have SF or SFR books from Carina Press. So, I thought I’d use my last post of the year to list our books published in 2012. I’m honored to be among this interesting, intelligent, fun and creative group of authors. – J.L. Hilton Cathy Pegau Caught in […]
Coyote Con
Many of us ContactIF’ers will be attending the online conference Coyote Con starting tomorrow. On Friday Oct 26th, 9-10pm, we’re heading up GIRL COOTIES IN SF, led by JL Hilton, KC Burn, and Diane Dooley. I’ll be in attendence! There’s much more on offer. Earlier on Friday (8-9pm), JL will be on a STEAMPUNK panel. […]
Is that a sci-fi novel in your pocket…?
When Ella Drake discussed genre hopping authors who switch between writing science fiction and fantasy or romance and mystery, the hop from writing adult fiction (rated X, XXX, or TV-MA) to writing young adult (YA) novels came up in the comments. I think we can all agree that a hop from writing alien BDSM to […]
