by jasonbatt | Jun 2, 2014 | Blog
My flash fiction story “Run Like You’re on Fire” is out today on Bewildering Stories. Go check it out: BewilderingStories.com. Here’s a quick excerpt: Wake up. Keep quiet even though you want to scream. Don’t open your mouth. Don’t alert anyone...
by jasonbatt | Jun 2, 2014 | Blog, Writing
In the world of robotics, particularly android development, and computer-generated simulations, there exists a strangeness called the “uncanny valley”. The gap of the “uncanny valley” is created between when human features and behaviors appear very near to what a real...
by jasonbatt | May 31, 2014 | Blog, Writing
Let’s start with the end. Francine Prose, pulling us back along with her class, tells us, “Forget observation, consciousness, clear-sightedness . . . Admit that you understand nothing of life, nothing of what you see. Then go out and look at the world.” Writing is a...
by jasonbatt | May 28, 2014 | Blog, Writing
There’s a movement, maybe just a few but loud voices, propelled by the advent of easy self-publishing, that argue that writing should be fast and easy if you’re good. One of these proponents has argued that his mediocre writing isn’t so mediocre that it won’t sell:...
by jasonbatt | Apr 16, 2013 | Blog, Writing
Writing daily can become arduous. I feel that Henry Miller’s 11 personal rules are a great reminder for focusing on the task at hand. This is being printed out and hung next to my monitor!
by jasonbatt | May 23, 2012 | Blog, Books, News
Check out KEAGHAN IN DREAMSIDE on Amazon.com! Keaghan in Dreamside is now available on Amazon.com for Kindle. Download on your Kindle now! There is more to your home than what you’ve seen. There is a place you have never stepped foot in. Your home has an outside, an...
