Fun stuff today … an interview I did with Tracy Cooper-Posey is live this morning. You can find it here! I met Tracy at a workshop last October, and was immediately impressed with her overall approach to her work and her business as an independently publishing writer. It’s a different beast to be an indie, […]
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The Horror Genre & Toni Morrison
As result of a workshop we’ll be going to soon, Brigid and I were recently talking about the horror genre, and some of the difficulties it has. Specifically, we were talking story structure, and how the key to the genre is handling the root of the terror–the “monster” as it were. I posited in that […]
Read More ...An interview, with me!
Yeah, I’ve been a little quiet lately. Such is life. 🙂 Let’s just say I’ve been steeped in story, and leave it at that for now. In the meantime … as part of promoting the 2015 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide, author Vanessa MacLellen has posted an interview with me. I figure I’ll just link to […]
Read More ...News of the Fun Kind
My Google Alert brings me news of the fun kind, this being Lois Tilton’s (Locus) very kind review of “Primes.” Yes. I can confirm that it’s always nice to see “Recommended” by one of your stories. [grin]
Read More ...Mark Evans Makes Me Smile
We got back from an impromptu trip to Arizona, and upon return I was pleased to see my contributors copy of the October issue of Analog complete with my story “Following Jules.” The story itself is getting some good chatter around the web (here, here, and here, for example), but what had me hopped up […]
Read More ...WotF and Galaxy’s Edge, and a Review
My Google collector brought me this nice little piece that appeared on WatchListNews. I suspect Mike actually met the other two guys at the WotF workshop, whereas I wrangled my way into that contest sometime after I had begun corresponding with him. Not that it matters at all. I found it interesting to see the […]
Read More ...A Couple Brief Reviews
Always nice to see a nice blurb/review of something I wrote, in this case a bit on “The Legend of Parker Clark and Lois Jane”, which this reviewer gave 5-stars. Yay! Lois Tilton at Locus also reviewed “Operation Hercules” in what I’ll take as a favorable light. I’ll repeat it here since I can’t link […]
Read More ...Who Says Star Trek Wasn’t Fashion-Forward?
Here’s a fun little bit on Star Trek fashion. I think my favorites are the pink and yellow pasties and the karate get-ups. The green slave dancer’s pretty good, too, but then a costume that consists mostly of body paint is already a few rungs up the ladder. # On the writing front, I think […]
Read More ...goodreads, here I come
In another sign that I’ve joined the modern age, I finally got around to joining goodreads. I admit I’ve been interested in it for some time, and that interest was tweaked by friends Tammy and John, who are both big-time readers (and, of course, John’s a guy I’ve collaborated with a few times). I was […]
Read More ...My Next Big Thing: Wakers
I’m a little late on this, but I’ve been busy on NaNoWriMo. Yes, life is tough. Anyway, a local writer, Paul Hoffman, invited me to participate in a My Next Big Thing blog tour. Paul is a local guy (assuming you live–like I do–in Columbus, Indiana, anyway), and he’s written A Murder in Wautosa, a […]
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