Monthly Archives: August 2005

I finally managed to get back to work on Missing Persons this weekend. I was surprised when I backed up my Saturday work to see how long it had been since I last touched that file. Too long. Longer than … Continue reading →

My agent, Michael Psaltis, will be a published author in a couple of weeks. He cowrote a book with his twin brother, Doug, who is a chef. The book is called The Seasoning of a Chef and is coming out … Continue reading →

I got some work done last night to compensate for my brain freeze yesterday morning. This Inhuman essay had been stumping me. I’d written about 1200 words of a 3000 word piece, but I didn’t feel like I’d decided what … Continue reading →

This morning, I really did get nothing done. Zilch. Nada. Couldn’t even get to the point where I opened a Word document. I got up at the usual time, got to the computer at the usual time, did the usual … Continue reading →

You can see the final lineup and order for the Damned Nation anthology here. My story “The Garden of Earthly Delights” is second to last. I was going to say that I had an idle weekend and didn’t accomplish much … Continue reading →

I was tempting fate yesterday by talking about thin SASEs containing rejections. I got home from work to find one sitting there waiting for me, and this time it was a rejection from F&SF. The amazing thing, though, was the … Continue reading →

Wow — four posts in one week. Must be a record! I recognize my own SASEs. They have a distinctive look. When I see one among the mail, especially a thin one that looks like it only contains a single … Continue reading →

Each month, Hellnotes runs a short fiction contest where writers respond to one of three story prompts with a 500-1000 word tale. Winner gets published online and $30. Losers (there’s probably a PC term that won’t offend people who don’t … Continue reading →

I started a short story this morning that I essentially wrote backwards. Not exactly, but I certainly didn’t go about it in my usual linear fashion. I wrote the first paragraph. Then I wrote the closing line. Next I wrote … Continue reading →

This Wednesday, it’s my turn up at bat at Storytellers Unplugged, where I shall regale all who care to draw up a chair about the vicious downward spiral of revisions. I finished my new story, “Talking Old Soldier,” this weekend, … Continue reading →