Judging books by their covers: book reviews based solely on the dust jackets. Lovely stuff. See you Monday! … [Read more...] about Weekend treat
Publishing
Story reviews
SF Site's review of Black Gate #5 actually mentions my story briefly. I have been remiss about scouring the web in search of reviews of my short story. (Maybe because I wrote & sold it so long ago that it's hard to get hyper about it now… maybe because I never thought … [Read more...] about Story reviews
Story!
The latest issue of Black Gate is out, and OH MY GOD! They illustrated my little baby story! Excuse me while I have a fit in the corner over there…. Update: Just saw my first review, of sorts. Peadar Guiln says in the BG newsgroup, "So far I've only had time to read "The … [Read more...] about Story!
Oh, Holy God
Black Gate is finally publishing the story they bought from me two years ago. Yikes. I'd better finish something else, eh? I really thought they'd forgotten all about it. … [Read more...] about Oh, Holy God
Holy shit….
Mafia has taken over the New York publishing scene, apparently in much the same way that Thing has become the late-night game of choice during writing workshops. Too funny. (via Boing Boing) … [Read more...] about Holy shit….
Scraps and snippets
I've been scribbling more notes at work. I brought home seven little slips of paper yesterday and began typing them up. Some of them dealt with the web company I'm working on (more on that later) but there was a tiny little scene of about 160 words in there. This morning I woke … [Read more...] about Scraps and snippets
Confessions of a Slush Pile Reader
Confessions of a Slush Pile Reader: a true story. … [Read more...] about Confessions of a Slush Pile Reader
Fining the journalists
Woo hoo! A Swiss newspaper is fining its journalists for each spelling or grammatical error they make. Too bad the Battalion doesn't catch on! (via boingboing.net) … [Read more...] about Fining the journalists
Not just me
Lots of people, including the ever-amusing Paul Riddell, have written letters to Salon about that article on Houston. … [Read more...] about Not just me
Yay!
Yay! … [Read more...] about Yay!