I’m a week or two delinquent in posting this, but Diane Walton sent me this most interesting review of the current issue of OnSpec, which contains my story “Marvelous, Magnificent, Murderous.” I got a kick out of it. Thought you might too. My favorite part is “I liked it best because it goes against the […]
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Sometimes the Light: A Review
Jerry Maulin is an interesting guy. He’s tall, and strong. When you first meet him, you get a can’t-miss sense of calm that radiates from somewhere inside him. Maybe that’s his super power—a stable center from which to see things. When he talks he uses only a few words at a time but always has […]
Read More ...A few nice reviews
So here’s what I call a set of very nice reviews (Note that I’m cutting story description in case you want to read them “clean.” Full reviews at the links): First, Sam Tomaino at SFRevu says of “Good Luck Charm” (my short story in Abyss & Apex): “Good Luck Charm” by Ron Collins -+- Brilliant […]
Read More ...A pleasant surprise this morning
So I’m working away on a short story and I get a twitter ping. I grumble at the interruption, but I am also struggling with a sentence, and weak. So rather than continue to struggle, I go check it out. Turns out it’s a notification from Nicole Sweeny, who runs “The Bibliophile Chronicles.” This is […]
Read More ...January reading
For the first time in awhile, I’m making some reasonable time to read most every day. This means that instead of reading almost wholly in the short fiction field, I’m getting into longer works. January, then, found me finish three novels, and a long novella (in addition to, of course, several short stories–I expect I’ll […]
Read More ...Catching Up
Yes, it’s been a long week filled with work and catching back up after four days in Detroit. I’ll deal with the present tomorrow–promise. And, yes, it’s worth it. Hehehehe… # On the review front, here’s a very nice comment on my short story “Bugs.” TPI has seemed to be a bit of a stern […]
Read More ...Huh.
My FB Feed today brings me a link to this review of my story “Bugs” from Tangent Online. I strongly suspect that seeing “Recommended” as a final word in a review of my work will never get old. [grin] # “So, just what does a writer do?” I’ve been getting that question a lot over […]
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 ...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 ...Stories of the Month: Resolution Check-in #2
Here’s step two in my check-up on my New Year’s Resolutions. To (once again) remind, I made three resolutions. They were: Average over 20K steps a day Write fiction every day Read a short story every day I’m going to talk about the short fiction I’ve read this month (yeah, the month’s not over, but […]
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