You’ll be shocked to learn that having words already written on an earlier draft of a story doesn’t really speed you up as much as you’d think. In fact, it slows you down. Truth is, I’d probably have been better off just to dump them and write fresh—but instead I spent today “recycling” over the […]

I finished yesterday with about a thousand new words. Hard to call, really, for reasons I outlined yesterday. Getting a little more settled now. I’ll claim 600 new words this morning and expecting maybe 500 more before calling it a day. We’ll see. I’ve got a chore or two to deal with, and then maybe […]

I’m happy to say that the “Broken Dreams” volume of Fiction River is being released today.I say that for more than the usual reasons, though, because this volume includes “Day of the Party,” which so happens to have been my mother’s absolute favorite story of mine. I’ll never think of it without thinking of her. […]

So today is March 1st, and that makes it a big day all around. I may drop a couple entries focusing on fiction that’s being released by Brigid and me, but this one is made to talk about the “Soft Dare” that we’ve decided to undertake. A Full Dare is one in which we endeavor […]

Today is my 90th day in a row of hitting writing goals. Yay me. Let me cut to the chase, though: the past couple years have been traumatic for a lot of creative people, and checking the rearview mirror says that I’ve been one of them. Or still am, I suppose. But it seems that […]

Publication day is always a good day, so you can take it from there. Happy to announce that my story “Star Cruise” is now available in the anthology Have Ship, Will Travel. This a big collection of stories from a lot of really talented writers (and me, too!). So if you’re a fan of Space […]

If you are a writer, or anyone who creates, really, I think you owe it to yourself to watch the Beatles documentary Get Back. Due to various family situations over the holidays, I have now watched it three times. That’s right. It’s three episodes total eight hours long, and I’ve now spent 24 hours watching […]

As noted here, I’m commenting daily on the WMG Holiday Spectacular—which is a great project that releases a story every day. These might be reviews. Or not. They might be interesting. Or … um … not. They will be fun, though. For me, at least. Here’s the next story.   “New Beginnings”Kristine Kathryn Rusch The […]

As noted here, I’m commenting daily on the WMG Holiday Spectacular—which is a great project that releases a story every day. These might be reviews. Or not. They might be interesting. Or … um … not. They will be fun, though. For me, at least.Here’s the next story. “Sometimes Strange Magic Casts the Best Spell”Kari […]

As noted here, I’m commenting daily on the WMG Holiday Spectacular—which is a great project that releases a story every day. These might be reviews. Or not. They might be interesting. Or … um … not. They will be fun, though. For me, at least. Here’s the next story. “Negative Spaces”Annie Reed [warning: I’m going […]