So, yeah. I’m happy to note that Choices, the latest of Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar anthologies, is now available. It’s another great collection of stories that any fan of the Valdemar world will love, and that people who just enjoy a complex fantasy world will find enticing. Be warned, though. There’s a lot of Valdemar out […]
Read More ...Power
Now we know. The republican senate is going to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh over the clear disapproval of a large majority of the people of the United States. When they do, they will confirm a person who clearly lied about big things (stealing documents from the opposing political party) and small (pick your poison). They […]
Read More ...Obstruction
A common refrain when Nixon resigned was “the system worked!” This made people feel better. Yes, we had put a crook into office, but the system eventually got rid of him. Justice was done (ignoring, of course, the inconvenient fact that Nixon’s successor waived his magic pardon and kept Nixon out of jail). What’s happening […]
Read More ...$250 vs $9 vs $1: Case #10,314 – How Our US Health Care System is Whacked Out
Lisa reads a lot of news, and naturally sends me a steady stream of things she finds interesting. Among items today was this NPR piece on a teacher who was billed $100K for care that was outside network. Of course it reminds me of my own considerably less intensive foray into such things. Of course, […]
Read More ...Plot Twists: The Bundle
Do you like being surprised by a story that goes in directions you never thought of? Reading a cool set of authors? Are you maybe getting ready for that late summer vacation and looking for something to kick back with? Or maybe returning from a hectic trip and needed a little “me” time to get […]
Read More ...Thoughts While Reading My Own Work
I spent the morning reading through proofs of a story I wrote awhile back for a Fiction River volume that’s due to be published soon. It’s a novelette titled “The Spy Who Walked Into the Cold,” the pretense of which I suppose you’ll just have to wait awhile to read about. (I’ve seen the cover…it’s […]
Read More ...Historical Soup: July 16th
Seeing that I’m both an engineer and a science fiction writer of a certain age, you can probably guess I’m pretty geeked out that today is the 49th anniversary our Apollo program’s moonshot. So, yeah, I’m remembering the astronauts, engineers, and calculators who worked so hard to make that happen. The space program achieved so […]
Read More ...By Earth: Thorn Coyle
T. Thorn Coyle is a fantastic writer. If you’re in the mood for a story full of paranormal goodness, I’m sure you’ll be thrilled with the fact that the first book of her “Witches of Portland” series is free for a limited time on Amazon. Just sayin’. Share Me
Read More ...Adventures of a First-Time Editor: Stage 8 – Networking & Everything Else
This is the last of a series about the Anthology Workshop run by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith, a week-long look into the inner workings of traditionally published short fiction. The first post in this series outlines the event itself and provides links to the rest of my discussion, so if you’re new […]
Read More ...You Just Gotta Vote
I mean, we know why. We can't "gotcha" them anymore. It's good to call it out — I just mean, they're not hypnotized by their own hypocrisy. They get it. They use it. It's purposeful. Our recourse is to punish them at the voting booth, and boot their asses to the curb. https://t.co/SjC4aKprpF — Chuck […]
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