Cool things you can learn just by reading inane twitter stuff.

Here’s a fun listen if you’re into podcasts and mad scientists. It’s a story titled “Playing Doctor” by Robert T. Jeschonek. You can read it on the Escape Pod site, but this is one that actually translates really well to the audio format. Perhaps it just caught me at the right moment. Only you can […]

So, yeah, it’s been awhile. What can I say? # I won’t even begin to attempt to catch up on a month and a half of life. Instead, I’ll just say that time flies and leave it at that. On the other hand, during that time I’ve been to Chicago to send my daughter to […]

Here’s a story to make you think. # Lisa joined a health challenge at work, and had a 4:00 meeting at the health club.  This meant that I went with her and did a second workout.  I’m … ah … feeling it.  In a good way.  Yeah.  Right.  A good way.  Uh-huh. I’m sure it […]

Craig Reade at cxPulp gives Deca-Dad three and a half stars, and rates it one of the better stories in the December Analog. I’ll take it. While you’re just kinda sitting there vegging, you might find it fun to check out these two great pieces of animation at TOR.com. They are like watching a fish […]

I already mentioned the Picasso’s Cat & Other stories is available for the Kindle at Amazon.com. Now I get to report you can find it in other e-formats at Smashwords, complete with a free pre-read portion. Hope you enjoy it.

My buddy and occasional collaborator John Bodin sent me this link and its associated two minutes of fun!

Google latest jump into the world of eBooks.

I pulled all the threads of my “pilot story” together to look at them as a stand-alone short story. Strangely, they came up to–you got it–right at 9,500 words. I seriously wonder if I’m ever again going to write a story that doesn’t weigh in at something other than 9-12K. This was an interesting process, […]