Over the past couple weeks I’ve been tempted at several moments to weigh in on the big brouhaha over this year’s Hugo Awards—an award which is of only vague import for the majority of the world, but is like life-blood to several people who are, perhaps, if such a thing is possible, the teensiest bit […]
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Five Days in May – New Cover Reveal!
It’s getting close to May, which if you live in Indiana means that it’s getting on to Indy 500 time. This is special to me and John Bodin because it’s also time to release the latest edition of our anthology full of racing-related science fiction. These stories are great fun, full of pure skiffy stuff […]
Read More ...RELEASE THE BUNDLES!
You ask, I respond. That’s how this works! I’m really pleased to report that electronic versions of Saga of the God-Touched Mage are now available in bundles of four volumes each. Saga of the God-Touched Mage (Volumes 1-4) Glamour of the God-Touched Trail of the Torean Target of the Orders Gathering of the God-Touched AVAILABLE […]
Read More ...Three friends, three books
As I’m getting my act together for the hundredth time, I think I should take a moment and note that three writer friends of mine local to the Columbus area have recently put out books that some of my readers might be interested in. Only one, Gregg Macklin’s, fits somewhere into the SF milieu, but […]
Read More ...Kazuo Ishiguro
Often, while I go about the routine portion of my days at home, I like to listen to podcasts. I have quite eclectic tastes in this area, but in general I focus on stories and people–stories in the vein of documentaries or personal narratives, stories the likes of historical studies or discussions of scientific breakthroughs […]
Read More ...Strange dreams
A week ago or so, I had a long-running dream about a boy who drowned. Actually, no one really knew if he drowned or not because in actuality he had just disappeared. But everyone assumed he had drowned because he was last seen going into the waters. It was a weird, Twin Peaks-like thing that […]
Read More ...The complex system of companies, jobs, and people
Lisa dropped me this link to a PBS News article about Nick Hanauer’s viewpoint on wealth, its distribution, and its use. Hanauer is well known as a left-leaning billionaire, and was one of the few of the 1% who actively urged the country to tax him more. He’s also the guy who did the TED […]
Read More ...Novellas, short fiction, making a living, and other fancy stuff
Two months ago I was in Detroit and sitting on a panel at ConFusion when someone had just asked the question. “Can you see a time when writers can make their living on short fiction?” I replied (paraphrasing here) that yes, I could envision that time, and that is now. I don’t think any of […]
Read More ...A few nice reviews
So here’s what I call a set of very nice reviews (Note that I’m cutting story description in case you want to read them “clean.” Full reviews at the links): First, Sam Tomaino at SFRevu says of “Good Luck Charm” (my short story in Abyss & Apex): “Good Luck Charm” by Ron Collins -+- Brilliant […]
Read More ...The End – Volume 8 is Published!
Yes, this is an incredibly exciting day for me. It’s Friday, of course–which is always good. But mostly, it’s the day that Lords of Existence, the eighth and final volume of Saga of the God-Touched Mage, has finally seen publication. Here are the particulars on where you can find it:
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