So today I wrote for a bunch of the day, and I worked on a different project. And I also took a 20 minute break to vacuum the family room area–which, admittedly has needed it for some time. My brain wandered as I was vacuuming, I realized that something I had written earlier in the […]
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“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 ...The powers that be play not fair
“Ron?” Lisa’s voice came from upstairs. It was 6:30 AM, and I was on my last dash toward actually finishing this beast of a manuscript I’ve been calling Episode Seven. “Yes?” She proceeded to let me know that the Gods of Interruption had once again struck, threatening to delay the completion of this story for […]
Read More ...Lucky #11
This morning comes news that Analog wants to publish my short story “Unfolding the Multi-cloud.” I think I shall say yes. Counting my collaboration with John Bodin (which is included in our collection “Three Days in May”), and assuming no oddities in publishing schedules and whatnot, this should represent my eleventh appearance in that magazine. […]
Read More ...What I did on my last vacation
Today was my last day of paid vacation. Next week will see me finish my last Monday, last Tuesday, and last Wednesday. By that time, you’ll all be totally sick of me talking about “lasts.” But until then you’ll either need to deal with it, or just go read Whatever or some other more entertaining […]
Read More ...Reversing gender roles?
“Do you enjoy getting dinner together?” Lisa said. I looked at her like this might be a trick question, a set-up or something. But the mantle has already shifted in our household–I’ve already been doing the bulk of meal prep since the time of Lisa’s foot surgery (weak though that prep might be!). I couldn’t […]
Read More ...Profanity
“You will never find a character use foul language in any of my stories.” This something I’ve heard a couple times from writers recently, and it’s something that’s stuck in my craw enough that I’m still thinking about it this weekend. I rarely say anything when I hear someone say this–or at least I haven’t […]
Read More ...Episode Seven: Biting the Dust
Episode Seven, Lord of the Freeborn is officially mine. Finally. Oh, sure, I still have ten pages or so to straighten up. Not a problem. The flow is right. The story is where it needs to be, and the micro writing is at least workable. So, yes, I say unto Episode Seven that you are […]
Read More ...My “final” well, duh moment
Writing a story is like any other big and complex task–the real challenge is to see it clearly. If you work in a corporate environment, you should glom onto that statement quite easily. I think the source of pretty much every oddity of the corporate work environment is driven by the idea that a leader […]
Read More ...Wherein I may be a sucker for a good epiphany
Here is my latest working idea about this chapter five hang-up I’ve got going on: The problem is that–as loveable as I may be–I am an idiot. At least I’m pretty sure that’s the problem. I’ve been struggling with this piece of the puzzle for over a week. That alone should have given me a […]
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