They're not just my blocks, you can play with them too.

[mrissa]

Today I have an essay out in Uncanny Magazine, Hard Enough. I want it to be an invitation, a permission slip...a bunch of things. You can see for yourself, since it's right there to read.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

That is brilliant! Thank you!

[mrissa]

Thanks!

[pameladean]

I love the analogy with playing with blocks. That's so very enlightening.

P.

[mrissa]

Thank you!

[thanate]

Now I want to write hard science fiction about how magic works in the ecosystems of my invented worlds. I may be doing this wrong.

[mrissa]

I mean, it may not be my initial intention, but I feel okay about this result all the same.

[thanate]

I went through an actual phase once where I was having trouble writing magic systems I couldn't explain on some kind of scientific level. Fortunately this didn't last long. :)

Still vaguely considering a bio or envs kind of degree, tho... (I mean, not *only* as a writer)