I’ve got a birthday coming up next week; and it’s inevitable for me to take measure of my accomplishments and my progress on the path I’ve chosen. If the feeling of the last 48 hours holds, I’ll be in rare
Current stage: Awake…I think…
I now have an official “public” Facebook page. One of my Marketing Committee colleagues at Shakespeare Orange County finally got me past this particular edition of that queasy thing that happens in my throat when it comes to self-marketing. He
Blog Dust
Fallen off on the blogging this year – I would say it’s because I’m busy but I think I’m basically always busy. What really happens, I suspect, is that in very intense periods I can find it difficult to reach
Stages of Sleep
When you’re a writer in this world of empowered direct publishing, sometimes “finishing” a work is really just a matter of saying “I’m not rewriting this damn thing any longer”. That’s a power you need to use responsibly, since even
Read and enjoy
The on-line hub Subtle Fiction published my short story “The Staring Man” today. It was accepted so long ago I almost forgot it was happening. But now you can enjoy a strange evening in the company of Maurice, the night
Today’s reading
The new issue of A Few Lines magazine has officially dropped, featuring art, poetry, and my short story “How to Be Depressed in the Sunshine”. The draft they published is significantly-upgraded from the first draft; it was rejected a lot
Stuff to read
The new issue of the sci-fi/fantasy/slipstream magazine Silver Blade is now live on-line, featuring my short story Homam, the Very Helpful Genie.
Success without failure stops being success
SHAZAM! I have learned that my short story “Homam, the Very Helpful Genie”, will be published in the next issue of the on-line quarterly Silver Blade. Three things I like about this publication: 1) They are dedicated publishers of sci-fi/fantasy
As the younger generation asks – ‘What’s an album?’
I am nearly finished with another “short story” that has definitely, no turning back, gone and grown itself into a novelette. It passed 9K words yesterday and I will definitely need another 1K at least to bring it home. I
Fresh linkage
The latest issue of the on-line literary quarterly Front Porch Review is now posted, and the Fiction section features my short story “Marvin Karl and the Whatsit He Found on Tuesday”. This story was a change of pace when I