Kris Rusch’s Unnatual Disaster is another solid story. But then, it’s Kris Rusch, so you know it’s going to be interesting and fun to read. Share Me
Read More ...Playing Doctor >> Recommendation
Here’s a fun listen if you’re into podcasts and mad scientists. It’s a story titled “Playing Doctor” by Robert T. Jeschonek. You can read it on the Escape Pod site, but this is one that actually translates really well to the audio format. Perhaps it just caught me at the right moment. Only you can […]
Read More ...Strange
Okay. I’ve avoided this long enough. This morning was spent going back to the novel project I set aside a couple months back. I’ve used the old “got to get a short story done” excuse a few times, and I’ve used the “got to read someone else’s stuff” excuse (just this morning, even). I’ve used […]
Read More ...Freebie Week
In celebration of finishing my latest story, I thought I might give something away. So here it is–a free story from my past. In this case it’s “A Matter of Pride,” which appeared some time back in Analog. It will be here for free for the next week. If you like that one, you can […]
Read More ...Still Working
In the air this morning: # Yeah, the story’s coming along. As I figured, it’ll be tomorrow before I’ll consider it finished–and I’ll probably let it sit until the weekend to do a full editing pass, so technically it won’t be in a readable state until then. Fair enough. But it’s come together now and […]
Read More ...Idea Walk, The Result
Listening to British Blues today. # So I did my walk at lunch yesterday and the results were astoundingly good. Thirty-plus minutes of exercise in the sunshine and open air, ten-plus pages of line-edited manuscript, and a complete framework of what the story is about. Game, set, and match. Well…not quite so fast. I’ve used […]
Read More ...Idea Walks?
The story I mentioned in the Oct 5 entry is nearing the end. It has a new title, which I like considerably more, and the framework of the whole thing works better. It may need one more element. We’ll see. It stands on its own pretty well now, though. So that’s progress. While the weather […]
Read More ...Asimov with Moyers
While fiddling around on YouTube the other day I came upon this set of videos. Awesome discussion, especially about education and learning styles, and especially given the date of the conversation. Everyone is different. Love it. Share Me
Read More ...Magic
For the past few days I’ve been fiddling around with a cranky story. It was an unhappy little thing, something I wrote in late summer and just haven’t gotten back to in order to really fix it. Upon some reflection I felt the hole in it–or at least felt a hole. We’ll see later if […]
Read More ...Garfunkel Showing his Artsy Roots
While reading the forums and listening to Radio Paradise (independently programmed radio–highly recommended) some time back, both Lisa and I came to this outstanding history and discussion about the making of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge over Troubled Water.” I love the whole technical discussion about how they got the sounds they were looking for–not specifically […]
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