In my apparently never-ending endeavor to bury the blog in self-promotional fiddle-faddle, I should note that, if you’ve been waiting breathlessly for a deal on the Saga of the God-Touched Mage bundles, now’s your time. For only through Monday (5/18), you can get a special 35% discount on volumes 1-4. Kobo Link Here Promo Code: […]
Read More ...All in One!!! (SGTM to be released in one package)
I promise to get back to regular posting soon…but there’s a lot of publishing news going on right now, and it only seems proper to focus on it for just a bit longer. Please be advised, however, that I realize there are other things in life that are probably just as important as my publishing […]
Read More ...The green flag drops on 5 Days in May
The Greatest Spectacle in Science Fiction is back with a vengeance, just in time for the Indy 500! As promised, John C. Bodin and I have managed to get this machine out to the starting grid, so now it’s time to start the engine and put the right foot down. 5 Days in May, a […]
Read More ...The Grand Dangoolie will soon be riding!
I’m just the teensiest bit delinquent in reminding folks that sometime shortly (meaning sometime in May), my short story “The Grand Dangoolie” will be appearing in the anthology, Alchemy and Steam–which is part of the very cool Fiction River series. This is a subscription-based family of anthologies edited by a variety of people (hence, it […]
Read More ...Tin soldiers and Nixon coming (a wandering mess about Kent State, protest, and simple artistic respect)
I was going to post this a couple days ago when it would have been slightly more appropriate, but to be honest I didn’t want to put a bummer on everyone’s Star Warsy celebration of the May the Forth Be With You. Then comes Cinco de Mayo, and who wants to tread on the celebration […]
Read More ...The Pretenders, U2, and the Boss meet Garbage (or why the short story collection rules)
I’m thinking about short stories today, specifically individual stories, collections, and magazines. And I’m thinking about their relationships to music—or at least to the way music is absorbed today vs. how it was absorbed when I was a kid. I’m thinking about this because for the past few weeks I’ve really gotten into listening to […]
Read More ...First Annual Rongo Award #2 goes to …
I have on occasion been known to say that science fiction is the most human of literatures. On nearly as many occasions, this comment is received with weird expressions and an “oh, really” kind of response. But it is. Science fiction is about what it means to be human. That’s really it, at its core. […]
Read More ...A day in the life of a writer
When I left my day job, people I knew kept asking me “what does a writer do all day?” I wasn’t sure what to say, but I know I mumbled through it. I would report no that I’m still trying to figure that out. Here’s how today went, though: Breakfast Drive Lisa into work 40 […]
Read More ...Purpose (a Venn diagram)
I saw a Venn diagram on another writer’s feed a few weeks back. It struck me as interesting, but I stuck it into my “think about this later” pile because, while it made an impact for me, it didn’t feel quite right. Not quite full enough. Here it is: This morning, for whatever reason, I […]
Read More ...Orphan Black’s Felix on acting (and Ron’s take on writing fast)
I went to lunch with a “new” writer last week. She’s very good but, being new, she’s still feeling her way around (which makes her just like everyone else, but we won’t tell her that now, will we? We’ll just let her figure out we’re all pretty much clueless on her own. Believe me, it’s […]
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