Dear Chapter Five, I think it’s time we had that talk. You know, the one where we come together and agree to figure out how to get along. You know what I mean. The one where we make certain commitments. For my part, I agree that I will continue to appear before the monitor every […]

I spent a large chunk of my work day yesterday listening to a continuous stream of Lou Reed that was playing through my inTune phone app. I had only a few meetings, so I probably listened to five hours of it. Reed playing Reed, and others covering Reed. Yes, it was a little repetitive at […]

Who says you can’t judge an author by their cover? # So I’m making what I again hope is a last pass through Lord of the Freeborn (key word, there, being “again”). What I’m seeing makes me optimistic. The first thirty pages ran by in a breeze, and we’re just now getting to the part […]

It’s been a long and strange couple of weeks here. Lisa is still progressing with her foot, and work has been quite a hog. Time is drawing down there though, and I’m finding that in an odd twist of fact, it’s actually quite easy to say “I’ll have lots of time to write in a […]

This morning is a good example of why I’m looking forward to doing this writing thing full time. Yes, this is almost certainly just me saying the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, but you would think that after about two decades of this I would get better at making […]

Lord of the Freeborn, the serial previously known as Episode Seven, is now (I believe) in its final shape. This does not mean it is finished–that would be far too simple, now, wouldn’t it? It means only that all the basic pieces are there, and that it is now ready for its final pass. At […]

Turns out my expectation of finishing Lord of the Freeborn over the weekend was pretty much fanciful. Who knew, eh? On the positive side, I have managed–I think–to get through the natty front half that has been killing my buzz for the past gosh-awful many weeks. This is good, of course. So, you ask, when […]

I’m slowly getting back into a more normal flow of things after a full week+ in San Antonio. For me, these things take time even in normal situations, but with Lisa still on limited duty, it takes TIME. This morning, however, I did manage to get back to some actual serious word creation. I’m working […]

I’m happy to note that my second Writers of the Future story “Out of the Blue” is now available on Amazon. This one was a prizewinner, and was published in the anthology in 1999. It tells the tale of a scientific expedition based on Europa,and what might happen when things go a little (all right, […]