Midnight
Sep 28, 2010 Daily Writing, Short Stories
I’ve titled this last one “Midnight at River’s Edge.” It’s quite short, but seems to work for me.
Now we get to see if it works for anyone else. [grin]
Deca-Dad is Published
Sep 25, 2010 Business, Short Stories
I’m pleased to note that my short story “Deca-Dad” has now been published in the December issue of Analog (yea, I know it’s not yet December…I don’t make the rules).
Analog Picks Up “Ellipses…”
Jul 23, 2010 Short Stories
Still need to deal with all the contractual stuff, so nothing is certain. But news from New York is that Analog wants to publish my novelette “Ellipses…”
This is, as always, pretty good news.
Four Stories Available on Smashwords
Jul 14, 2010 Business, Short Stories
Lots of things happening lately…you can find four of my stories available on Smashwords.
Making New From Old
Jul 11, 2010 Daily Writing, Short Stories
I was listening to a Scientific American podcast the other day while at the health club, and they ran a story about Alaskan dogs that were part of the Iditarod. Among the facts that the story gave was that these dogs burn an incredible number of calories while participating in this race, some ridiculous number like 12,000 calories a day. I mean, yikes. Totally awesome when you think about it, especially given the relative size of these animals.
Humans should get along on a couple thousand a day, for example.
These dogs, it seems, can also modify their systems to begin to dram energy from those calories directly from the bloodstream rather than letting it go through the liver first. Pretty danged fascinating, eh?
Anyway, the story got me to thinking about what would happen if humans used genetic material from a dog, which then got me to remembering a story I had written some time back. It was sitting firmly in my trunk, but I dug it out and looked it over. It is a story that uses the idea of building humans with genetic code from a specific animal in order to make use of its genetic processes.
I’m not in the habit of doing this because most, if not all, stories I put in my trunk are put in there for some very good reasons. This one, though, I decided I liked. And quite honestly, I’m a better writer now than I was when I first wrote it. I could see lots of big issues. But I’ve spent the last two days cutting it up and doing it over again.
And, of course I’m pretty happy with it. It’s always good to have a new story to put in the post.
Still, I don’t think I’ll be trunk diving anytime in the near future. Too scary as a rule. [grin]
