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 […]
Read More ...New Editor at Escape Pod
Not that you’re likely to hear it hear first, but Mur Lafferty is the new editor at Escape Pod. As with all editorial changes, it will be interesting to see how this alters the content of this podcast. Progress Update: I mentioned last night that I had four areas of weakness in the novel I’ve […]
Read More ...One Draft, Kinda Finished
Earlier this afternoon, I formally finished the rewrite of this novel, which makes me very happy. Even better, now that I’ve had my hands deeply inside it for a bit, I have set aside a total of four notes that I’m not overly happy about, and plan to work on a bit–all four of them […]
Read More ...Short Story Collection
I’m terribly excited to note that I’ve agreed in principle with The Merry Blacksmith Press to publish a collection of my short stories. I’ll be working to create the lineup here in the next few days, and I expect a title will shortly follow. I will, of course, post more as progress is made. Share […]
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