I’ve been suffering a bit of a post-project malaise the past two days. I was so focused on getting these two books ready that my brain is having a hard time disconnecting. I admit the day job job is taking a lot of cycles, too. It’s a busy time all around. Focus, Ron. Focus. I […]
Read More ...The B-52s, China, and Other Messing Around
I was pretty tired this morning, so I put the B-52s on my iTunes. I did this because it is impossible to be lethargic when the B-52s are playing. I mean, you have to be seriously dead in the head to listen to their music and not at least get a little toe-tapping going, right? […]
Read More ...Radio Paradise
Pretty much all day Lisa and I have been listening to Radio Paradise, an internet radio station. This is not unusual for us, in fact I would say most of our Saturdays and Sundays provide for a serious amount of RP time. It’s a nice little, truly independent, listener-supported station with a really eclectic playlist. […]
Read More ...Light Rewrite: Phase II
If you’re not interested in the meanderings of story creation, then today’s notes are probably not for you. Sorry about that. With that warning … I spent part of the past few day’s thinking about “Gene Splice” and the overall purpose of the story. I think it holds together pretty well, but for some reason […]
Read More ...A Few Odds And Ends …
First, I’m totally diggin’ Vera Nazarian’s Dreams of the Compass Rose. It’s a really smooth piece of writing that uses language as a spell in itself. Her characters really breathe, and her stories sneak up on you with a vengeance. Even better, she’s made it available for free in several e-formats. No time like the […]
Read More ...The Multitasking World
I admit to being very interested in studies about how the brain works, and how we make decisions. I think the question of how the internet is influencing us, and what long-term changes it will take is one of the more interesting questions of this moment in history (perhaps just a bit behind wondering how […]
Read More ...By His Bootstraps
Listened to Heinlein’s “By His Bootstraps” today from Radio Drama Revival. Very cool version, played by Richard Dreyfuss, among a few others. These are the kinds of things that actually make me excited to go to the Health Club–it cuts out a chunk of time where I don’t really have anything to do but listen […]
Read More ...Picasso’s Cat Available for Pre-Order
Hey, it’s finally Friday evening! Weekends are the bestest. And this weekend has been made just that much better now because I see that Picasso’s Cat & Other Stories is now available for pre-order at The Merry Blacksmith Press. You can order via Paypal, or contact the publisher at orders@merryblacksmith.com. Being new to this marketing […]
Read More ...Can I Handle the Pressure?
Share your first tweet with the world! Talk about some freaking pressure. Yes, I’ve decided to take the next plunge into this here modern world, and I’m looking at this screen with its little 140 character entry bar and its “What’s happening?” header, and I’m thinking this had better be good, you know? Cause you […]
Read More ...Set Down This
If you listen to stories on podcast, you should give twenty minutes or so to Lavie Tidhar’s Set Down This. It’s published on pseudopod, which is marketed as a horror-centric publication, but this is not your classic “horror” story, except, of course, in that it is excruciatingly horrific in its own not-quite-fictional way. Anyway. I […]
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