The world is getting bigger. By that I mean, of course, that the ability we have as people to learn more and understand more about other people of other cultures and other mindsets is growing massively more prevalent every year. Perhaps this is the root of so much of our polarization in the US and […]
Read More ...Mar Pacifico
Interesting piece in this month’s Clarkesworld. “Mar Pacifico” is a short story by Greg Mellor that manages to be both a dystopian warning beacon and optimistic at the same time. I read it early yesterday, and have been thinking about it on and off for the last 24 hours. That’s a good thing, of course. […]
Read More ...Milestone
So, we’re going on nine weeks from Lisa’s surgery, and she’s making progress every day. She’s moved from boots to shoes and from two crutches to one. And today she’s taken several steps without a crutch at all. In fact, we took a bit of a walk down the street when we got home tonight, […]
Read More ...Under Pressure
It’s been around a long time, of course, but I still find “Under Pressure” to be a song that stops me in my tracks. They played it on the radio this morning as I was making Lisa’s oatmeal (she’s still got morning exercises to do, and it’s still a good idea to keep her off […]
Read More ...Dr. Seuss and Some Lessons at Lunch
I learned something at lunch today. Like most lessons, it was not what it first appeared to be, and then it was more than it appeared, and then … well … just watch this unfold and see what you think. It was well past noon and I had a 1:00 session scheduled, so I stopped […]
Read More ...Sleep, Who Needs it?
… me, I guess. Here’s another reason to look forward to full-time freelancing. kinda. Today I slept in, which means that if I’m going to hit a medium-fair wordcount I’ll need to cram writing into the rest of my day. Yes, I know. Woe is me. But still … Since I’m on the topic, here’s […]
Read More ...The Evil Chuckle of a Story in Progress
This morning is a good example of why I’m looking forward to doing this writing thing full time. Yes, this is almost certainly just me saying the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, but you would think that after about two decades of this I would get better at making […]
Read More ...Joe Posnanski on Vlad
If you love baseball (or sports in general, or just occasional interesting things from unusual angles), you’ve got to read Joe Posnanski. Here’s a recent bit on Vlad Guerrero that captures him, and perhaps the core of the game, as perfectly as possible. Share Me
Read More ...Damn You, Story
Lord of the Freeborn, the serial previously known as Episode Seven, is now (I believe) in its final shape. This does not mean it is finished–that would be far too simple, now, wouldn’t it? It means only that all the basic pieces are there, and that it is now ready for its final pass. At […]
Read More ...Do People Actually Know You?
Now that the news of my impending freelancerdom is filtering its way around work, I’m getting an interesting collection of comments and questions. This is because there are two kinds of people at work–those who have been around long enough to remember that I write and those that are newer. I really don’t talk about […]
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