Category Archives: Writing

The Logic of “The Gordian Paradox”

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Alex R. Howe

In my recent short story, “The Gordian Paradox,” a human attempts to defeat an evil artificial intelligence with a logical paradox: “This sentence is false.” However, instead of getting the AI stuck in a loop, the evil AI and the … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Resolutions Update

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Alex R. Howe

At the end of last year, I made a post talking about my new year’s resolutions for 2020. Throughout 2019, I had discovered that I do much better with my resolutions if, instead of once a year, I revise them … Continue reading →

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Writing Advice: Scrivener

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Alex R. Howe

Disclaimer: not a sponsored post. I just really like Scrivener. It’s been a long time since I’ve given any proper writing advice on this blog, but I had one thing I wanted to tell you after seeing recent developments in … Continue reading →

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How to Make New Year’s Resolutions that Work

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

Okay, I can’t really justify writing a headline like that. My new year’s resolutions for 2019 only sort of worked…But considering most new year’s resolutions fail by mid-February, I guess I’m doing better than most. So what’s my secret? It’s … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Resolutions, Part 3

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

As I’ve written before, back in January, I made several New Year’s resolutions, but I later wound up adjusting them every three months. All year, I’ve been trying to set goals for myself that are ambitious, but doable—particularly to improve … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Resolutions, Part 2

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

Previous Post in this series. This year, I tried to be smarter about my New Year’s resolutions, after making just one resolution in 2018 and failing miserably. This year, I made five resolutions, but I tried to calibrate them to … Continue reading →

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On New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

Next post in this series. Okay, I know what you’re thinking. “What are you talking about? It’s the end of March!” Or maybe, “Is this an April Fool’s joke?” No, it isn’t. I want to talk about New Year’s resolutions … Continue reading →

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State of the Blog

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

This won’t be a big speech or anything. I’ve leave that to certain people who enjoy making speeches on Tuesday. I just wanted to make a quick note because I’ve discovered something interesting about this blog. I’ve been maintaining this … Continue reading →

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On Covering Science News

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

I feel like I’ve been pretty lax about talking about science news stories here. This blog is called Science Meets Fiction, but lately, when I have time to post at all, it only seems to be about fiction. Part of … Continue reading →

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What If? Rejects #10.3: Turkey Day

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

Previous post in this series: Stunt Bike Next post in this series: Moving an Island Q: What if every day, every human had a 1 percent chance of being turned into a turkey, and every turkey had a 1 percent … Continue reading →

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