So You Want to Write an Author Blurb? Readercon Edition, With Advice from Ken...
We all know the first step toward getting yourself invited to talk on a panel at a convention like Readercon is to have a really outstanding author blurb. The kind of run-on sentence (or three) that...
View ArticleReadercon 2011 Recap: Saturday / Sunday (and we’re done)
I’ve previously talked about the books I brought home from Readercon, some Readercon advice on writing an author blurb, and recapped Thursday/Friday. Saturday morning was breakfast at Panera, then...
View ArticleFree Fiction Online From My Favorite Writers
While I am getting caught up with some writing and editing projects of my own, I wanted to direct you to some fundamental reading you may have missed. List is in alphabetical order by author’s last...
View ArticleLetter From A Murderous Construct and His Robot Fish
We’ll call it a dare. I made a few comments on twitter late last night, got some encouragement from Ken Liu, and found myself writing a Shakespearean sonnet which had to include robots, a fish, and a...
View ArticleWriter Wednesday: 10 Questions with Ken Liu
I’ve realized that I know some awesomely brilliant writers. Whether just starting to make a name for themselves or authors who’ve been working in this field for decades, they have insights into writing...
View ArticleYou Should Read: Fireside Magazine, issues 1 and 2
I hadn’t been reading much the last few months. My to-read list piled up around me. I culled my bookshelf, pulled out a couple of bags of things I could live without because either I had them digitally...
View ArticleSite Stats, 2012
By far the most popular post I wrote in 2012 was Fuck You, Weird Tales, followed by Readercon 2012 – the sexual harrasment edition, proving once again that you people like it when I get wordy with...
View ArticleSnokone/Boskone Recap: Escape from Blizzardopolis
We were all set to leave for Boston bright and early last Friday morning, when I got a 6 am email that my son’s school was closing for the day. The morning ended up being a mix of looking for a sitter,...
View ArticleCover and Interior Art from NOWA FANTASTYKA, Apr 2015
Earlier this year, Polish SFF magazine NOWA FANTASTYKA translated and published my story, “Mrs. Henderson’s Cemetery Dance”. The cover is above (click on it to see a larger version). It’s my first...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....