As a member of their KDP program, I received a notice from Amazon today that suggested I write the head of the Hachette Publishing group a sharply worded mail. As if that will make any difference in their pissing match. Personally, I think the whole thing going on is enough to make the heads of […]
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Announcing Skyfox Publishing
Today I’m quite pleased to announce that from this time forward, I’ll occasionally be releasing work through Skyfox Publishing. This is a new independent publishing group I’ve created that will be focused on my own work, though I may well branch out a bit here and there. We shall see. I would like to thank […]
Read More ...The Business Plan
I spent a lot of the “downtime” we had in Oregon talking to other full time writers about scheduling their days and about developing business plans. This was quite useful. Yesterday, I actually took time to put their lessons into practice, and now—for the first time ever—I have the outlines and makings of a full-out […]
Read More ...I’m a writer
I took a moment to get my hair cut yesterday. Somewhere along the way, the woman doing the deed asked where I worked. I said, “I’m a writer.” It felt weird, but a good weird. # The Bartholomew County Writer’s Group met yesterday. It was a fun time, as always. We had a lot of […]
Read More ...“Three Days” on discount
Just a quick note to announce that Three Days in May … The Greatest Spectacle in Science Fiction, is available now on a holiday discount. This is a collection of stories set in and around the past and future of the Indianapolis 500, and includes “The Day the Track Stood Still,” which was first published […]
Read More ...“The Flying Contraption” hits print
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 ...Schrödinger’s Soldier See’s “Print” and More on (Kick-Tail!) Reviews
I am plagued by the problem of having too many things in my head that I want to discuss. In times like these I’m working on just taking a deep breath, analyzing, prioritizing, and then saying “let’s just do whatever we want, okay?” So I’ll start by noting the Third Flatiron anthology, Lost Worlds, Retraced […]
Read More ...Three Days Available in Paper!
It’s taken a while, but I’m happy to note that my collaboration with John Bodin, Three Days in May, The Greatest Spectacle in Science Fiction is now available in print. These are good stories (what, you would expect me to say they’re dogmeat?)–especially if you happen to like either science fiction or racing. I’m really […]
Read More ...Basic Building Blocks of Support
Yes. A good long morning in the chair has seen me run through more than half of episode 6 in one setting, and for the first time I think it all flows really well. Perhaps one more day and the whole thing will be basically done. Perhaps. The “final” enabling process to this successful resorting […]
Read More ...Acceptance(s)
I’m pleased to announce that Kerrie Hughes has accepted “Guardians of Chicago” for publication in her anthology Hex and the City. As I noted in an earlier post, this story drew good attention at the workshop I attended. I’m quite pleased. And the fun doesn’t stop there … I’m also pleased to have received a […]
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