So, here I am: story line is flowing, but time for real work arrives. Dang. Of course, I’m stuffed with ideas right now. I was taking a walk at lunchtime yesterday and worked out an entire storyline as I went. This in addition to work I was doing on the SF novel I picked up […]
Read More ...Author Archive: Ron Collins
Hacker’s Diet Follow-up
So I’m in the office today and my co-worker Jalene does her cruise-director best and points me to a tray of small brownies on the counter by the printer. I grab one, and I say “Okay, now I’ve got to make sure I go to the gym.” She and Tonya laughed. But I meant it. […]
Read More ...Recommendation: Ken Liu’s “Simulacrum”
I just finished reading Ken Liu’s Simulacrum at Lightspeed. Definitely an interesting piece of work. I really enjoyed the exploration of technology in it, and it’s ramifications. But I admit I also was struck by the father/daughter thing, despite the … uh … problem … the father has. Definitely worth a read.
Read More ...The Hacker’s Diet
Lisa and I have been actively working on our health the past year (or a little more). We’ve improved our basic diet, and we’re getting considerably more exercise than we were. Of course, this last bit goes without saying because prior to this decision our exercise consisted of getting up and going to the refrigerator […]
Read More ...Skynet?
And so it begins. Seriously, though. I listened to this podcast at the gym today. It’s pretty danged cool when you think about it.
Read More ...Publishing is Dead?
Outstanding take on publishing…and everything else: http://tinyurl.com/yh9goau
Read More ...iTunes Migration Morning(s)
Lisa and I went out and bought a new desktop machine to replace the two old clunkers we had downstairs. Yes, one to replace two … which means we’ve been having weird, if slow and drug-out, fun migrating things over from the old clunkers to the new environment. It also means we’ve been having fun […]
Read More ...“See the PEBA On $25 a Day” Released!
I’m excited to note that “See the PEBA” is now complete and has been released free to the community in many formats at Smashwords. You can find more information about it here. Whew… On to the next project, eh?
Read More ...PEBA Progress/Black Swan
Draft done: check Copy edit by wonderful wife done: check Modifications made: check So, yeah, things are moving along quite nicely at the moment. Novels are like that for me. They seem like they’re stuck in stasis forever, and then everything happens almost all at once, and I feel this mad-dash desire to just get […]
Read More ...Review of an Old Story
Google Alerts brings me the following link, which includes a nice and very well considered review of one of my older stories. Turns out this guy is going back and reading every issue of Dragon Magazine ever printed. At least that’s the plan. There’s a guy after my own heart. [grin]
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