Welcome back to Vaguely Circular’s Weekly Wrap-up: Your guide to cool stuff around the internet! This week is heavy on the science side, so it’s a good thing that science is cool! Create Your Own 3D Printer 3D printing is … Continue reading
As part of our Superhero Week event, we ran a flash fiction contest. The contest guidelines were: submit a story of 1,000 words or less on the subject of superheroes or superpowers. We received seven fantastic entries, and we’d like … Continue reading
I can remember the day I started reading books. I knew how to read; I had for a year or two. But I didn’t know what it was for. I didn’t realize that books contained stories, or if I did, … Continue reading
“Here be dragons”– perhaps one of the best known phrases related to cartography. It refers to the common practice of putting sea monsters, dragons, and other assorted mythically dangerous beasties on maps to mark unknown or dangerous areas. Those creatures … Continue reading
A few weeks back I published a post called “Don’t be a jerk. Be Neil Gaiman.” Since then it has occurred to me that many of you may not know how to be Neil Gaiman. So here’s your handy guide … Continue reading
It’s been two weeks since we’ve had one of these, but what an awesome interlude it’s been! Now that all the excitement is over it’s time to get back to our usual line-up of extremely cool stuff from around the … Continue reading
If there is one thing I’d wish I’d known when I started writing, it’s this: All careers involve pain. It’s just a matter of choosing what pain you want to endure. Of all the advice thrown at new authors, I’ve … Continue reading
What are conventions? Should I attend? What do you do at conventions? What are panels? Can anyone be a panelist? These are questions most writers face sooner or later. The fact of the matter is, conventions are a remarkable opportunity … Continue reading
First of all, thank you so very, very much to all of our flash fiction contestants. We had a total of seven entries, and every single one of them was awesome. I enjoyed seeing everyone’s creativity in interpreting the theme. … Continue reading
Tonight is the final deadline for entering the Flash Fiction contest, so be sure to get those entries in! If you’re not a writer but still want to enter, we’re holding a drawing for a secondary prize and any kind … Continue reading