As far as reading goes, I figure the over-under at three Jeschoneks. I mean it this way: If you read one story from Robert Jeschonek you’ll probably say “What the hell was that?” Another Jeschonek will have you tied up in knots and saying, “Holy crap, this guy lives in a different world.” It’s the […]
Read More ...A Fun Review of “The Robin Club”
Collins spins an intriguing tale in “The Robin Club” with a little bit of every genre mixed in. Tara Grímravn of Tangent Online seems to have liked “The Robin Club” pretty well–as well as several other stories in the Superstitions edition of Fiction River it appears in. Always a good day when that happens, eh? […]
Read More ...Amazing Monster Tales #2 is Out
All, right, the truth is that Amazing Monster Tales #2 has been out for about two weeks. Here I am, though, running my classic “delay of game” cycle. And it’s a shame, really. This is a fun project being run by Jaime Ferguson and DeAnna Kippling, and filled with a great collection of writers (and […]
Read More ...The Okay, Boomer Chart
Now, here’s a fascinating chart. Really, even though it takes a moment absorb, it speaks a novel’s worth about where we are right now. The data comes from the Federal Reserve, and shows how much of the country’s wealth has been owned by each generation over time. I found it because it’s a moderately popular […]
Read More ...Recommendation Friday: JFK’s Health Care Speech
I admit I don’t really know much about John F. Kennedy, except, of course, that he was young and controversial, and that he was shot and killed on this day in November of 1963. I know that he’s generally thought of as a guy who, like his brother Robert, would have made a huge difference […]
Read More ...On Dealing with Life Rolls, or, Getting Back on the Horse After You Done Got Bucked Off
Oddly, my brother has a shirt just like mine… # # # I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: So much of this writing gig is about keeping yourself in the right emotional space to be able to just do the work. There’s a lot going on in that phrase, really, which is […]
Read More ...Day 27 (two days late) – Shutdown
So, here’s the thing. I’ve just seen Lisa Silverthorne’s news about completing the Novel Dare challenge, and I’m so stoked I can’t barely believe it. It makes me happy in ways that are like watching the moon rise over the mountains here in Oro Valley, or like watching the stars glitter in the big expanse […]
Read More ...Day 25 – Cresting 50K
This was the first day in a long time where I could start in the morning and work pretty clear through the early afternoon. The story is coming along, and I’m at about 51K. With six days left I’m thinking I’ll probably finish the full story—though we’ll see if I have to do a little […]
Read More ...Saving the World!
In one of a hundred different fun synchronicities associated with this Dare month, I’m pleased to note my “out-there” baseball thriller/mystery/alt-history/and whatever book Chasing the Setting Sun has been included in the most recent Story Bundle package “Saving the World,” a collection of great speculative fiction compiled by Dean Wesley Smith. Read Dean’s Into Here […]
Read More ...Day 19 – Three “Sprints”
Dad’s cat’s reaction to the Dare isn’t all that It’s been a bit of a weird day in that I wrote in what are essentially three “sprints” that add up to about 3,500 words on the day. I use the quotes in “sprints” because the first span of time was really spent in front of […]
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