Seiun Award
Monday, April 21st, 2008"The Calorie Man" just got nominated for the Seiun Award. Nifty!
Archive for the ‘writing’ Category
"The Calorie Man" just got nominated for the Seiun Award. Nifty!
Optimistic CO2 Sci-Fi
Monday, March 10th, 2008Here's my take on writing optimistic SF-- just don't make it consolatory pap. That's what advertising, TV and suburban sprawl are supposed to sell. As an example, here's the latest on the global warming front. (note: the link is changed to point directly to the Washington Post article as ...
Bitterness Abated
Thursday, March 6th, 2008The work on the book continues. I have not scrapped it. One of the things that has always troubled me with writing is the need to both be creative and also to differentiate between good and bad paths to follow. The eternal editor/creator conundrum. It's easy to ...
Dogged
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008In moments when my overweening ego is feeling buffed, I imagine that I'm a good writer. After today, what I really think is that I'm a dogged writer. If I polish the turd long enough, eventually something shines. It's really my specialty. Going after a story again and again until finally ...
Free Stories Posted
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008I've added some sample stories under the PUMP SIX header. In addition to "The Tamarisk Hunter" I've also added the Hugo and Nebula nominee "The People of Sand and Slag" and just for grins, I also posted the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist "The Fluted Girl." That should give people ...
Pretties
Monday, February 25th, 2008I found these in Night Shade's triple-top-security storage facility. It's taken a long time to get to this point. I'm carrying a couple copies around in my bags right now, and I have to keep resisting the urge to take them out and pet them.
Interview with The Fix
Monday, February 25th, 2008I recently did an interview with Marshall Payne over at The Fix. We chat about PUMP SIX, environmentalism, coal, and the joys of sharing, among other things. Daniel Ausema has also done an extensive review of the collection. There are a couple small spoilers, especially about "Pop Squad" so if ...
Now THAT’S a guarantee!
Monday, February 25th, 2008I love traveling. Living in a tiny rural town, I'm normally cut off from the pulse of America. But every so often, I poke my head up, go visit strange urban lands, and roam through busy airports and come across gems like the following: Now, if you read this while you're ...
Which Story Should I Post?
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008There comes a time when every author needs to admit that they need help. I have reached that moment. Over the last couple weeks, I've been working on a mini-site for PUMP SIX, putting up links to reviews, the cover info, and most importantly, I'm also putting up some sample stories ...
PUMP SIX is in the supply chain…
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008The gentleman of Night Shade have informed me that PUMP SIX AND OTHER STORIES printed last week and shipped to distributors. Which means that pesky message over at Amazon will soon be saying, "Your order will be shipping damn fast. Would you like fries with that?" instead of the rather ...
