My flash fiction story Served is now live at Every Day Fiction. Go forth and enjoy! Technical note: the URL for this story has an unusual character in it, a Unicode bullet U+2022, encoded as %E2%80%A2. I haven’t seen this on other stories on the EDF website, so I assume it’s a minor oversight. However, I do [...]
There are some months when just getting through them is a major accomplishment. This was one of those months.
Flash, (ahahhhh) Saviour of the Universe Queue up the catchy Queen soundtrack, I’ll be participating in a panel on Flash Fiction at FOGcon, Sunday at 10:30 am. Last year, I read slush for Flash Fiction Online, and this year I’m dabbling in reading for Shimmer–two very different experiences, of which I hope I can use [...]
Well, that went by quickly. Another month past, complete with a crushing day-job workload. Writing-wise, I had one rewrite request from a market I’d love to be published in–this may or may not go somewhere. Otherwise, it was a revisit to my novel, to weave in few more changes to balance things out and ready [...]
My story Ritchie Boss: Private Investigator Manager has put me in the running for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. This is my first year of eligibility. Now, the circumstances of this story aren’t your typical Campbell-fare. I can’t recall academic publishing ever being mentioned in the context of this contest (though I [...]
This is the way the month ends / this is the way the month ends / this is the way the month ends / not with a bang… It’s shocking how easily a month can get away from you. I had a week away for work travel, upon which return I promptly came down with [...]
Somewhere, a 12 changed into a 13 and life goes on much as it always has. My desk is noticeably cleaner than a month ago, due largely to the great water glass tipping of late 2012. No electronics damaged, and only one book, but a thick stack of papers got completely drenched, including about 25 of the page with [...]
Some facts and figures from my 2012. Goodreads: I read 115 books this year, for a grand total of 38,888 pages. Purely electronic books/magazines don’t add to the page count, nor to things only partially read (that is, abandoned) so the true figure is probably over 40k pages. As I mentioned before, this is a [...]
Writers, if you use the site Duotrope, the time is at hand to get ready for some changes. They are switching to a paid format beginning Jan 1, which several others have written about. What that means in practical terms is: Go back up your data now. On the submission tracker page, click the large [...]
On Goodreads, I reserve a 5star rating for books that change my life or way of thinking, or books that demand that I re-read them before I die. Ratings can and to change from time to time, so if your favorite book isn’t on the list, don’t worry, be happy (and go write your own [...]