There’s something wrong about a magazine having its Table of Contents on page 38 and what’s more, it not being a complete table but rather one that just lists the feature stories. If you want a listing of the columns — and yes, it was a column I was looking for in Vanity Fair — you […]
Believe in miracles?
According to a friend on Facebook (I’m too lazy to look it up), 73 percent of people polled by Newsweek thought the question, “Do you believe in miracles,” was a good question for a first date. My thought is that it’s a matter of context. It all depends on whether it’s a reference to religion, the 1980 Olympic […]
A crash in the night
I woke up at 2:59 this morning to a loud crash. I thought sure someone was in the house but my search (wielding, of course, a fearsome steak knife) turned up nothing. Some detective work after I got up concluded that it must have been snow avalanching off the back roof onto the bulkhead. But I can’t […]
More Music For Another World reviews
Some more good reviews have come out for Music For Another World, the British anthology that includes my story “Blue Note Heaven.” One review called it “one of the anthology’s most original stories” which was really nice to read. The trade paper version is still only available through Amazon UK, but there’s a Kindle version now. Here […]
Why we write
I was just going to list this in the Links for Writers page but felt it deserves extra attention. Tracy Hickman tells a story about why we write.
A short story sale!
My short story “The Floater” has sold to an anthology called Bride of the Golem. I really like this story and hope you will too. There’s no set publication date right now, but I’ll provide updates as they become available.
The first known preorder
I didn’t think it was even possible to preorder Cracking the Ice yet, but it is and I’ve gotten my first one. 🙂 I mentioned the book in a casual online conversation with Cindie Geddes, a friend and very talented writer in her own right (Flying Hand Writing Services, Lucky Bat Books, and writer of Beach […]
A look back on 2010
What a year! I sold my first novel, Cracking the Ice, to WestSide Books. It will be appearing in May, 2011. That all by itself makes 2010 a watershed year. I also sold three short stories: “Age is a Four-Letter Word,” “A Simple Matter of Priorities,” and “Blue Note Heaven.” I wrote another novel, several proposals, […]
Free Fiction
Take advantage of the free stories being posted by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch regularly on their websites. (See the permanent links to their websites on the sidebar.) Also by Steve and Chris York at http://www.tsunamiridge.com/
Novel update
My novel has been renamed to Cracking the Ice to avoid confusion with another book. WestSide Books will be publishing it in May of next year. May, 2011 feels like tomorrow with all that needs to be done, but that’s better than waiting a couple of years. I’ll be posting more details about the book in the coming […]