For reasons that I noted in yesterday’s post, I’ve found myself writing a mini-series about Heinlein’s rules. The original premise that got me going had to do with the idea that the controversy surrounding these rules is often placed (or always placed) in the wrong area. By that I mean writers gnash their teeth over […]

Yesterday I saw Dean Wesley Smith wrote about Heinlein’s rules again. This is a fairly normal thing for him. It’s kind of his shtick, for the lack of a better term. He’s known as a proponent of fast writing, and limited editing. At least that’s the rep, you know? That’s all good. I’ve been a […]

Getting excited for the launch of Outfield Magicked, book 3 of Brigid and my Fairies and Fastballs series!

I occasionally drop a video into my illustrious YouTube channel. That’s a line I don’t think I’d have ever thought I’d be writing back in the day, but welcome to the world, right? I am thinking about it that way because today I decided that I’d go ahead and let you all see the little […]

I’ve been spending a lot of time getting my Kickstarter project for my collection of Analog stories together. 1100 Digital Stories in an Analog World, is a title that makes me happy on so many levels. This morning I put the finishing touches on the Audio version of “Unfolding the Multi-cloud,” one of its short […]

It is a fun new age, right? I mean, sure, Kickstarter (and crowd funding) has been around for a minute now—so long that sometimes it’s hard to remember exactly how interesting, unique, and exciting these things are. I love Kickstarted specifically because it’s made such inroads that it’s now NORMAL for readers to connect directly […]

It’s strange how things go in cycles and have a synchronicity to them, isn’t it? In this case it’s Wu-Tang Clan, which—not surprisingly—I’ve been very much aware of, but hadn’t come up in my sphere for a little bit. All of a sudden, though, Wu-Tang Clan found their way into being referenced in my world […]

Well, it’s about time, I say! This book—They Came Back, Stories from the Radius—is one of my favorites of all time. It’s a book that captures four of my first works (one of them still original, though!), and then brings that one forward to a new version. All thanks to a long-ago high school teacher. […]

After what has been a bit of a rocky summer here at the Collins Condo, I’m starting to get my feet back under myself, something I can tell is true because I’m starting to get projects rolling again. That’s really the only problem I have with the world of indie publishing. When the wheels come […]

My lovely wife sent me this link in email earlier today. It’s a bit from the Mammoth Cave National Park’s Facebook page, made after receiving a less-than-glowing review at some point.  Go read it. It’s brilliant. Follow the comments, of course. Now, I suppose you have to understand that I say this as someone who […]