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B.A. Simmons
- Mar 28, 2019
- 3 min
Masters and Impostors
Perhaps more than other artists (I really don't know), authors experience impostor syndrome. The idea that our ideas are worth the money,...
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B.A. Simmons
- Mar 9, 2019
- 3 min
Imagination
"We're under attack! Launch the missiles! Fire all laser cannons! Pshh-crrrr!" I raised the TV remote above my head in slow-motion...
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B.A. Simmons
- Jan 23, 2019
- 3 min
Geeks
Who am I? I dress in clothes otherwise only worn by performers, often including face paint and sometimes armor. I then travel in such...
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B.A. Simmons
- Nov 11, 2018
- 3 min
A Tribute to Veterans
Despite the fact that much of the Archipelago Series dwells on war and fighting, I have always tried to demonstrate the reality of war's...
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B.A. Simmons
- Oct 1, 2018
- 4 min
Two Meetings
On a typical Sunday, I find myself in my local LDS (Mormon) church house attending a three-hour block of meetings. If I happen not to be...
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B.A. Simmons
- Aug 29, 2018
- 2 min
So, You're Not A Hero...
Rob Engleman. At the beginning of The Voyage of the Entdecker, he is an awkward seventeen-year old farm boy, wishing to be somewhere -...
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B.A. Simmons
- Aug 17, 2018
- 4 min
The World of Planet Archipelago
No, I did not just strike a redundancy. Well, maybe I did, but it was purposeful. Not to argue semantics, but there is a difference in...
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B.A. Simmons
- Aug 2, 2018
- 2 min
Writing is Art
I teach my students poetry; what it is, how to read it and how to write it. When it comes time to announce this project, there come the...
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B.A. Simmons
- Jul 6, 2018
- 4 min
Is the Archipelago Series Hard or Soft?
When I pitch my books to customers, I often call it "an epic seafaring sci fi adventure". This is a literal description of the series as...
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B.A. Simmons
- May 13, 2018
- 4 min
Why Superheroes?
We are in the midst of a pop culture craze. Superheroes! They are everywhere and we are all too disposed to give up our hard earned money...
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B.A. Simmons
- Apr 6, 2018
- 4 min
We're Outsourcing Imagination
What kind of Luddite would I be if I didn't harp on technology a little bit. Sure, I use it. You can't be functional (let alone...
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B.A. Simmons
- Mar 29, 2018
- 2 min
My View of Sci Fi
As I meet people at book signings and conventions, these people are most often checking out my books, I am frequently met with this...
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B.A. Simmons
- Mar 10, 2018
- 3 min
What if?
"Speculation" is a word which evokes fear in many people. To speculate is to guess, to hypothesize, or to ask "What if?". We are not safe...
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B.A. Simmons
- Feb 19, 2018
- 7 min
The Twelve
Books and series that have influenced me and my writing. Every writer is influenced by something or someone else. It's not that...
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