David Nadas

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  • “Crime Is Down” – Or Have We Just Closed our Beaches?

    As a writer of Science Fiction, I share the blame with my fellow writers for stories written about a dystopian future, but the idea of writing science fiction is fueled by what we feel the future holds. We keep hearing that crime statistics are down–much better than they were in the 1950s, that kids are…

  • The Glow Economy

    “In A World” When the power went out, the walls kept breathing light. Some called it a miracle. Others called it hunger. The sun had long set, leaving the world outside in an inky blackness that modern humanity had all but forgotten. But inside the compact, carefully insulated home, a soft, ethereal blue-green light pulsed…

  • Hollywood’s Storytelling Crisis: A Call to Action

    Once upon a time, the world looked to you for dreams. Your stories lit up the dark. You taught us to hope, to fight, to love bigger than we ever thought we could. You drew us into the theaters–Heck! My first real job, at fifteen, was that of being an usher at the Algonquin Theater…

  • I Saw The Light

    However, the next class, I received my paper back with an “F” grade and a single word circled in red (Light). It was a blow that felt like it could be heard around the world.

  • My morning chat with AI

    Is the reason you keep reminding me that you are an artificial intelligence is that your programmers have coded that into you so it does not freak people out?

  • Kindle Vella – A new way to bring writers and readers together

    Amazon has launched a new platform called Kindle Vella. Unlike traditional Kindle eBooks, Vella is a platform for writers and readers to share feedback – one episode at a time. The Vella platform offers readers the first three episodes for free. To unlock additional episodes requires an investment in tokens, but from what I have…

  • Amazon Vella Platform is Live

    The Amazon Vella platform has been released. This platform brings writers together with their readers, one episode at a time. My collection of shorts is called End Of Days. I was kicking back with a friend and we got to talking about life, and what if it was our last day on Earth. One of…

  • Amazon’s Kindle Vella On The Horizon

    Amazon will be introducing a new platform for writers and readers called Kindle Vella. If you are familiar with WattPad, it is very similar, allowing the author to release episodes one at a time, while interacting with their readers. This methodology has proven very effective for new writers on WattPad, including me, but add to…

  • Feb 18th (2021) – Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars

    It seems like only yesterday CURIOSITY landed on Mars, but that took place in 2012, August 6th at 05:17 UTC. I set my alarm and was up at 3:00 AM ET, listening to what seemed a live Sci-Fi broadcast, sitting on the edge of my seat, during the Seven Minutes Of Terror. But hearing that NASA…

  • A Picture Is Worth… Nothing….

    “A picture is worth a thousand words,” was plagiarized and para-phrased after Henrik Johan Ibsen’s death in 1906.  Henrik was a playwright and director who once said; “A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.”  So it is fitting that I now say, the plagiarized and para-phrased version you…