Lisa and I went to see Solo this week. Yeah, it’s good. Okay good rather than great good, but still good enough. It’s a little swashbuckling, and at least Donald Glover does a great Lando. The story clicks off all the things it needs to click off, and finishes with a little intrigue. Certainly worth […]
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“The Ambassador Objective” sees Boundary Shock Quarterly #1
There’s a bit of publishing news I’ve been delinquent on, but in case folks missed them, I’ll take some time over the next day or two to “announce” them. Let me start with the launch of Boundary Shock Quarterly. This is the product of a cool syndicate of writers that I’ve been included in (I […]
Read More ...Adventures of a First-Time Editor: Stage 4 – Editorial Eavesdropping
This is the fifth installment of a series I’m doing about the Oregon Coast Anthology Workshop (now, I suppose the Las Vegas Workshop!), which is a week-long immersion into the world of traditionally published short fiction. The first post in the series outlines the event and provides linkage to the entire series of posts. The […]
Read More ...A Strange Period of Stalledness Comes to An End
I finished a short story today. This is a big deal for me because, as you might be able to tell from my lack of presence around her and around some other social sites, I’ve been in a strange period of stalledness. By that I mean I’ve been coming to work every day and getting […]
Read More ...Adventures of a First-Time Editor: Stage 3 – Personal Workshop
This is the fourth post of a series I’m doing about the Oregon Coast Anthology Workshop, which is an 8-day immersion into the world of traditionally published short fiction. The first post in the series outlines the event and provides linkage to the entire series of posts. The workshop is intense and multi-faceted, so if […]
Read More ...Adventures of a First-Time Editor: Stage 2 – Story Selection
This is the third of a series of posts I’m doing about the Oregon Coast Anthology Workshop. The first post noted that my daughter (Brigid Collins) and I are editing Face the Strange, an anthology in the Fiction River series that comes out of the workshop. I may have even mentioned how amazing it’s going […]
Read More ...Adventures of a First-Time Editor: Stage 1 – Production Writing
As noted earlier, I’m doing a series of posts on the Oregon Coast Anthology Workshop. This is the second of the set. The first post noted that my daughter (Brigid Collins) and I are editing an anthology in the Fiction River series (it’s titled Face the Strange and it’s going to be awesome!). It also […]
Read More ...“Just Say When” to be published
I’m happy to note that Gathering Storm Magazine will soon be publishing “Just Say When,” which is a fun little piece that riffs off automation, robots, and all kinds of silliness that might just come about when things go…well…you can read it soon.
Read More ...Face the Strange, The Adventures of a First-time Editor
For the past couple months I’ve had the pleasure of working as a co-editor of a volume of Fiction River, which is a long-running series of anthologies released by WMG Publishing. After over 25 years of working as a writer, it’s my first foray into that side of the publishing world—and to make it even […]
Read More ...My Kobo Cup Runneth Over
Dear Kobo, have I ever told you I love you? I’m happy to note today that a whole bunch of my stuff is on special discounts on Kobo for a very short time. I’ll lay them all out here as best as I can. START A NEW SERIES? First, we’ve got the “Start a New […]
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