So, I spent my last week on the Oregon coast taking an intense class about writing science fiction. How intense? I missed the fact that the World Series started. I don’t mean I missed the first couple of games, though … Continue reading →
It’s that time of year again, when Halloween approaches and even normal people find themselves thinking about ghosts and goblins and maybe even watching a horror movie. (This is as opposed to people like me – and if you’re reading … Continue reading →
All right. I’ve been trying and trying to think of something to talk about that would let me avoid politics, but to hell with it. I’m not going to get political on this blog often, if I can help it, … Continue reading →
I wanted to wait until I had a copy in my hot little hands to show off, but I couldn’t hold off any longer — my new book is out! This one is Surviving Telepathy, the first book in The … Continue reading →
Today I found out that DnDClassics are offering the old 1st edition AD&D adventure The Temple of Elemental Evil for free for a limited time. Naturally, I went to check out their site and download a copy, but I got … Continue reading →
As part of a workshop group I’m in, I recently had the pleasure of critiquing the first chapter of a space opera. (A genre of which I may have a few opinions. Ahem.) Within the first couple of paragraphs I … Continue reading →
Some people think of cats as stand-offish, aloof, self-sufficient. I feel sorry for these people, because that means they never got to know cats for the goofy, silly little things that they really are. Exhibit A: Dervish (left). What you … Continue reading →
I have an upcoming public reading! I’m going to be reading from my novel, Magician’s Choice, as part of an event benefiting Cirque, an excellent literary journal.* I will also be playing berimbau and participating in the short play. The … Continue reading →
Recently on GooglePlus, Jason Wade Howard asked the question, “Why do we write Science Fiction?” I couldn’t resist giving a flip answer first: Short answer: because those are the stories that play in my head anyway. I might as well … Continue reading →
The original Star Trek series gave us the redshirts – a term, I note, that has grown so popular that my word processor acknowledges it as a word. The concept is even so pervasive that John Scalzi has a successful … Continue reading →