I was tagged for this post by Priya Sharma for which I’m grateful. It’s a cool thing. Stop now and go immediately to Priya’s site and read her interview about a story that she’s very promptly sold! While waiting for her story to appear, you can read some of her other fine stories at Albedo One, Black Static (issue 28) and Interzone (current issue). Next week, plus or minus a few time zones, Richard Jones (blogging here) speculative fiction writer and author of A Dude’s Guide to Babies (pre-order now!) will be posting his answers to these questions. 1) What… Read More
I’m through. Not Officially, since I’ve never done the Nano thing that way. It’s too much information and too much connectedness for me. Instead, I’ve chosen to look at the National Novel Writing Month, November, loaded as it is with hidden traps such as Thanksgiving and getting bogged down by teaching ideas — like the sudden decision, after acquiring, say, a new textbook that’s just so wonderful that I can’t resist or realizing that Excel 2010 is no longer even remotely amenable to the class syllabus that already exists, to completely overhaul one of my classes and simultaneously producing all… Read More
I have two short stories out this month and so will give them equal billing. I am equally proud of both publications and honored to be a part of them. The Colinthology, edited by Joanne Hall, Roz Clarke and Rick Novy is on sale at Wizard’s Tower Press. All profits go to Above and Beyond, a charity organization that raises funds for local hospitals in Bristol, U.K. The anthology honors the memory of Colin Harvey from all of the contributors who have donated their stories to the anthology. My flash fiction piece, A Better Bred Woman (TM) Makes Good Her… Read More
At the beginning of our last day in the field, the sun was already well above the ruins of the Mycenaen castle in Tiryns. We had to wait for the GPS to wake up – he’d been increasingly sluggish the last week. Then we made some random gravity measurements and a few quick profiles before the van had to be packed for the drive back to Germany (on the Superfast ferry from Patras to Ancona, Italy and then overland). Most of us flew back to Cologne from Athens. Looking back, three days later and home in rainy Cologne, it’s amazing all… Read More
The month is progressing well. I’ve three very nice reviews this week for my debut novel, Primary Fault. The first was from Martha Hubbard writing for The Future Fire Reviews. I liked her description of the book and her take on the Celtic mythology aspects. The Future Fire is per their manifesto: an e-published magazine showcasing new writing in Social-Political Speculative Fiction, with a special interest in Feminist SF, Queer SF, Eco SF, Postcolonial SF and Cyberpunk. The second review was from Annette Gisby at her Books and Tales blog. I also liked her take on the story and the… Read More
