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. Share Me
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. […]
Read More ...What I did on my last vacation
Today was my last day of paid vacation. Next week will see me finish my last Monday, last Tuesday, and last Wednesday. By that time, you’ll all be totally sick of me talking about “lasts.” But until then you’ll either need to deal with it, or just go read Whatever or some other more entertaining […]
Read More ...Five Things I Won’t Be Missing
So, I’m down to four more days left in Corporate America. I’ve been writing about things I’m going through, the good stuff and the bad–and, yes, there are some good things about working in a corporate environment. That said, there are many things that I.SO.WILL.NOT.MISS about working freelance. Among these are: 1) Feeding the cat […]
Read More ...The Most Important “Last?”
Amid the sea of “lasts” that I’ve been wading through these past few days/weeks, I completed what my be the coolest “last” tonight, that being my last team dinner. My co-workers and my team took me out to dinner tonight. If a team group like this can be cozy, that’s what it was. These are […]
Read More ...Reversing gender roles?
“Do you enjoy getting dinner together?” Lisa said. I looked at her like this might be a trick question, a set-up or something. But the mantle has already shifted in our household–I’ve already been doing the bulk of meal prep since the time of Lisa’s foot surgery (weak though that prep might be!). I couldn’t […]
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