Writing a story is like any other big and complex task–the real challenge is to see it clearly. If you work in a corporate environment, you should glom onto that statement quite easily. I think the source of pretty much every oddity of the corporate work environment is driven by the idea that a leader […]
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All things wonderfully numeric
After all the recent talk I’ve been doing around here about homework, math, and work hours (and with the release of “Primes” in Asimov’s), I guess I’m just in a numbers frame of mind. I ran across this one earlier today and enjoyed the heck out of it just because it’s been awhile since I […]
Read More ...News of the Fun Kind
My Google Alert brings me news of the fun kind, this being Lois Tilton’s (Locus) very kind review of “Primes.” Yes. I can confirm that it’s always nice to see “Recommended” by one of your stories. [grin]
Read More ...Book 3: Gone Girl
The third book that I’ve finished in the past month or so, is not SF at all. Instead, it’s a mystery. Or is it? If you don’t know, I’m not telling: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn This is a story of a love affair between Nick and Amy, only Nick is really Lance, who is […]
Read More ...Book Two – The Mad Scientist’s Daughter
Continuing on from last post, the second book on my list this past month was: The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke. This is a real science fiction story that doesn’t feel quite like a real science fiction story. Yes, the SF is in the forefront from the beginning, but the story is always […]
Read More ...Update: Resolution #2
I’ve written recently about my triumphant domination of my New Years resolution regarding physical activity–that being my quest to average at least 20,000 steps a day. I admit it’s fun to discuss the “walking resolution” because I’m kicking total step butt on it. It turns out that 20K is really not that difficult when you […]
Read More ...Wherein I may be a sucker for a good epiphany
Here is my latest working idea about this chapter five hang-up I’ve got going on: The problem is that–as loveable as I may be–I am an idiot. At least I’m pretty sure that’s the problem. I’ve been struggling with this piece of the puzzle for over a week. That alone should have given me a […]
Read More ...It’s the final countdown!
“How many days?” Lisa was driving us home from work. It was a question she had asked before–how many more work days before my career at the day job is over? In the past I’ve poo-pooed the question. In the past I didn’t have a solid date selected, but that’s different now. Now there is […]
Read More ...Identities
At the continued risk of sounding like a pretentious, overblown navel-gazer, I suppose that during this period of semi-introspection I’m going through it’s not too surprising that I’m finding a bunch of cases where synchronicity is raising its marvelously strange head. (Odd, isn’t it? When you start actually paying attention to something, you see it […]
Read More ...People with a truth
For various reasons I’ve been thinking a lot about quality work recently, and likewise about art. Some of this is tied up in things going on at work, but most of it is probably me trying to decide who it is that I want to be as I move into this next phase. It comes […]
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