I was talking about science fiction with a co-worker yesterday and he mentioned some of his favorite SF movies. They were of the Star Wars, Star Trek, variety–obvious science fiction titles with lots of explosions in space. (Let’s not get into the question of whether Star Wars if fantasy or SF, m-kay?) I realized then […]
Read More ...WE HEART VAMPIRES!!!!!!
Here’s a nice piece of work from Meghan McCarron that sneaks up on you. At least it did to me, anyway. I didn’t expect to enjoy it as I started because I don’t think of myself as the modern-day vampire demographic. Strange Horizon’s published it in two parts, so be sure to read them both. […]
Read More ...Nebula Awards a Harbringer?
Congratulations to the newest Nebula Award winners. It’s certainly an extremely interesting collection, specifically because none of the winners of the three short fiction categories came from the big three digests. I think is the first time this happened since 2003. However, in 2003 two of the stories came out of Ellen Datlow’s big-budgeted SCIFICTION. […]
Read More ...Steve Ely Says Farewell
At the gym today I listened to Steve Ely’s farewell podcast at EscapePod. It’s story titled “The Last McDouglas by David D. Levine that had appeared at Asimov’s earlier. The story is good and memorable enough for it’s futuristic look at fast food alone. But the story isn’t what made this podcast special. I have […]
Read More ...Collecting Up the Collection
So I spent the day working on the collection. I’m having a blast putting it all together. I haven’t gone back and read these stories in quite some time, and I’m finding lots of great memories buried in them. I’ve had a couple laugh-out-loud moments (in good ways), and have just had a generally fun […]
Read More ...Don’t Get Too Comfortable
Gotta love the idea of walking a mile an hour while you’re working. I guess this means that Kevin Anderson has the right idea, as he’s known to write via dictation during his daily walks. Progress: I gathered up and formatted the stories I expect will comprise the collection. I may slot a story or […]
Read More ...Three Steps Forward
Lots of progress on this stormy morning. First, as hoped, the novel rewrite is complete. Though I always reserve the writers’ option of deciding I stink later, I’m pretty pleased with this as I sit here this morning. The story feels good now, and I figure you only get to say a novel is complete […]
Read More ...Three Down, One to Go
A few days ago, I said I had four things to address to consider the novel ready. This morning I finished the third. So, theoretically, one more morning and this one will be done. Share Me
Read More ...Moving Day, and Contracts
There was a time in my life where I thought Lisa and I were done with college apartment moves–we moved Lisa from one apartment to the next before we were married, and then did another shorter move right before getting married. Then, of course, we moved apartments form Louisville to Indianapolis when we got out […]
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