by Steve Skojec | Jul 24, 2019 | Science Fiction, Writing
I’ve been thinking a lot, lately, about the kinds of stories I love the most, and why. When it comes to novels, movies, television and even games, I gravitate almost exclusively towards science fiction. There are a couple of reasons I love the genre. I love it...
by Steve Skojec | Feb 6, 2016 | Brand Management, Communications, Content Strategy, Personal Development, Publishing, Social Media, Writing
I’ve been in the online content business for a ridiculously long time. I was on the Internet at age 15 (1992) and on local BBS systems before that. Always writing, always debating big concepts. Maybe that’s the problem. Maybe I took it for granted. Maybe I...
by Steve Skojec | Mar 13, 2015 | Insights, Writing
I come to my computer to work. To relax. To communicate. To find inspiration. I sit here, most days for far, far too long, in an uncomfortable chair to an incomplete dining room set. Two screens glow in front of me, a tidal wave of information playing out on 46″...
by Steve Skojec | Aug 21, 2014 | Angels & Demons, Stories, Writing
A conversation I was having with a friend this morning reminded me of this short story I wrote, back when I was in college. I dressed it up in narrative language, but the whole thing was a vivid dream I really had. Thinking back on it now, it seems more true than...
by Steve Skojec | Feb 18, 2014 | Insights, Personal Development, Writing
At The Atlantic, Megan McArdle has a piece entitled “Why Writers are the Worst Procrastinators.” It’s begins by plunging immediately into the eerily familiar. Like most writers, I am an inveterate procrastinator. In the course of writing this one...
by Steve Skojec | Jan 30, 2014 | Science Fiction, Writing
My 8-year-old daughter is taking an IEW writing class as a supplement to her homeschool curriculum. For this her most recent assignment, she was supposed to re-write a story from a selection of Aesop’s Fables according to her own design. In addition, she was...