I see Dean Wesley Smith has another bit up on the concept of Pulp Speed. You should read it. You should also take into account your own situation, but you should read it because the important point therein is really not about speed. I know, that seems odd given its title. But I know certain […]

All right, then; I’m doing a kickstarter. I’m quite excited about it and have spent considerable time trying to get everything just so. In fact, as we draw nearer, I am still tweaking a thing here or there. That’s why, as I patted myself on the back as I put out the pre-requisite announcement by […]

I’m on a bit of a jag recently in which I’m thinking about the perhaps too big and too pompous question of why I write. There are writers I know who primarily seem to write in order to be read. Being read—being published—is certainly in the mix for me, or at least I find myself […]

Quite pleased to see that my short story “Companion,” is out and available in this month’s issue of Analog. I hope you’ll find it creepy in a sense. It is Halloween time, after all. All I’ll say, though, is that it’s not your classic trick or treating kind of thing, though trick or treating does […]

I mentioned awhile back that I typed “The End” on Book 9 (and final?) of my Stealing the Sun series. That meant that the first draft was finished, and that I’d sent it on to Beta readers. Since then I’ve gotten it back, made changes I thought made sense and then passed it on to […]

A couple days back I was sitting in my office after a day’s work/play, and realized that I would need something to read that evening. As synchronicity does, I ran across the name DeAnna Knippling. Hmmm … I said to myself. DeAnna’s an interesting writer. Which is true. I’ve read some of her short works, […]

I read this book because my sweetie read it for a book club she went to, and was clearly caught up in it. I say that because Detransition, Baby is not for everyone, but perhaps it should be. It’s a controversial (*) work for both its subject matter (transgender and cis characters dealing with parenthood) […]

I have a guilty pleasure, if not a somewhat silly one. That is, I really enjoy checking my “sales” figures on PubShare. For those unaware, PubShare is a little nook of this (no longer new) world of independent publishing—a place that supports various kinds of fun little projects, including the Boundary Shock Quarterly project I […]

Every now and again, you stumble onto something special. Something you weren’t really looking for, but that once you find it you can’t imagine having gone without. This week I hit on one of those things. A true gem hidden in plain sight. I’m talking about a book titled Duramen Rose which was published by […]

Yes, there’s a great sense of relief rolling through the Collins household this morning because I’m finally seeing the day I’ve been anticipating for some time. My Stealing the Sun series is back in the saddle, passing the final turn and heading into the homestretch (yes, I grew up in Kentucky Derby Land, why do […]