Author: Joe Vasicek

Joe Vasicek is the author of more than twenty science fiction books, including the Star Wanderers and Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus. He claims Utah as his home.

NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Four

Words Written Today: 2,206 Children of the Starry Sea: 0 “In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight”: 2,206 Science Fiction from A to Z: 0 Total Words Written: 8,595 Total Words Remaining: 41,405 Total Words Ahead: 1,927 Really fun scene today in my short story “In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight,” which is quickly turning into… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Four

NaNoWriMo 2021: Day One

Words Written Today: 2,022 Children of the Starry Sea: 1,010 “Lord of the Slaves” author’s note: 1,012 Total Words Written: 2,022 Total Words Remaining: 47,978 Total Words Ahead: 335 I was going to do the same thing with nanowrimo this year that I did last year, and turn out 50k words of short stories, but… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2021: Day One

Navigating Woke SF, Part 4: Götterdämmerung

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation today, after his sexual harrassment scandal that has seen an overwhelming number of women come forward. As tempted as I am to dive into the politics of this story, I bring it up only to provide context for this: Yeah, I’m cringing too. For the last several years—arguably, since… Continue reading Navigating Woke SF, Part 4: Götterdämmerung

Camp NaNoWriMo: Day Thirty One

Words written today: 2,521 Total stories written: 5 Total SF-AZ chapters written: 1 Total words written: 30,461 It’s done! I finished Camp NaNoWriMo strong, achieving my goal of 30,000 words. Didn’t finish the last story, but it’s going quite strong, and probably past the halfway point. I’ll probably finish the rough draft next month and… Continue reading Camp NaNoWriMo: Day Thirty One

Camp NaNoWriMo: Day Twenty Six

Words written: 1,569 Total stories written: 4 Total words written: 21,280 Total words remaining: 8,720 Total words behind: 3,888 It’s been a while since the last nanowrimo update, hasn’t it? Don’t worry, I’m not ghosting it like I did for Camp NaNoWriMo in April! In fact, I’ve been catching up this whole time—just haven’t been… Continue reading Camp NaNoWriMo: Day Twenty Six