B.A. SimmonsJul 22, 20193 minThis Gamer's LifeI must confess to having been a tiny bit jealous of some of my friends who got video games and game systems for their birthdays or at Chr...
B.A. SimmonsMar 28, 20193 minMasters and ImpostorsPerhaps more than other artists (I really don't know), authors experience impostor syndrome. The idea that our ideas are worth the money,...
B.A. SimmonsMar 9, 20193 minImagination"We're under attack! Launch the missiles! Fire all laser cannons! Pshh-crrrr!" I raised the TV remote above my head in slow-motion action...
B.A. SimmonsJan 23, 20193 minGeeksWho am I? I dress in clothes otherwise only worn by performers, often including face paint and sometimes armor. I then travel in such gar...
B.A. SimmonsNov 11, 20183 minA 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 ...
B.A. SimmonsOct 1, 20184 minTwo 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 ...
B.A. SimmonsAug 29, 20182 minSo, 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 - an...
B.A. SimmonsAug 17, 20184 minThe World of Planet ArchipelagoNo, 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 th...
B.A. SimmonsAug 2, 20182 minWriting is ArtI 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 i...
B.A. SimmonsJul 6, 20184 minIs 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 ...
B.A. SimmonsMay 13, 20184 minWhy 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...
B.A. SimmonsApr 6, 20184 minWe're Outsourcing ImaginationWhat 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 successfu...
B.A. SimmonsMar 29, 20182 minMy View of Sci FiAs I meet people at book signings and conventions, these people are most often checking out my books, I am frequently met with this quest...
B.A. SimmonsMar 10, 20183 minWhat 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...
B.A. SimmonsFeb 19, 20187 minThe Twelve Books and series that have influenced me and my writing. Every writer is influenced by something or someone else. It's not that originali...