Just to make it all official and stuff, the deadline for the “Fry it up in the pan” sweepstakes is midnight EST in the US this Sunday night. Several tasty sounding ideas have arrived, but I bet yours is better. [grin]
Read More ...Monthly Archives: November 2013
“Dumb” things people say
I love seeing how “experts” think about things, and I especially enjoy hearing the oddities in how they talk about them. People, you see, say the dumbest things. I know, because I are a people, and I often say things that make others look at me askew. I like to think most of the time […]
Read More ...Not Just Rockets and Robots
I know … this place is getting thick with an unending stream of “lasts” and publishing news. While I’m going to promise to go light on the “lasts” from here on out, I hope to be unable to promise a slow-down on publishing news. Tonight is no exception. Sorry, but I’m really not too sorry […]
Read More ...The Fallout
I spent this morning unpacking things I brought from the office. There wasn’t much, just a couple bags. Another advantage of working in an open office configuration, I guess. Still, I gathered enough doo-dads and trinkets to make a good mess, and I had with me a listing of a bunch of my old performance […]
Read More ...“The Flying Contraption” hits print
I celebrate my last day on the “real job” by noting that my story “The Flying Contraption” will be published in Elementary, an anthology of stories written in Mercedes Lackey’s Elemental Masters universe. You never know how these things are going to go, of course, but it was nice to see Publishers Weekly do a […]
Read More ...The team cooks up a gift
My team had a nice little event for me, complete with cake and a card and a special wife-approved gift. No, guys, this doesn’t count for the Fry it Up in the Pan contest.
Read More ...The “Fry it Up in the Pan” Sweepstakes
Okay, gang. You probably already know that as of (essentially) Wednesday, I’ll be a full time freelancer, but that’s not the relevant milestone today. Today’s milestone is Monday–that day when the baton officially passes to me, that day when I officially become Responsible For Making Dinner. The goal from that point forward will be to […]
Read More ...Five Things I’ll Be Missing
A few days back I wrote about the five things that I would most definitely not be missing about Corporate America. Tonight I’m staring at two more days, and I figure it’s time to turn the tables. So, what, you ask, are the Five Things I Will Be Missing about Working in Corporate America? I’m […]
Read More ...The powers that be play not fair
“Ron?” Lisa’s voice came from upstairs. It was 6:30 AM, and I was on my last dash toward actually finishing this beast of a manuscript I’ve been calling Episode Seven. “Yes?” She proceeded to let me know that the Gods of Interruption had once again struck, threatening to delay the completion of this story for […]
Read More ...Lucky #11
This morning comes news that Analog wants to publish my short story “Unfolding the Multi-cloud.” I think I shall say yes. Counting my collaboration with John Bodin (which is included in our collection “Three Days in May”), and assuming no oddities in publishing schedules and whatnot, this should represent my eleventh appearance in that magazine. […]
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