Just so everyone else can see the kinds of absolutely moronic spam comments that WordPress blogs attract, I thought I’d leave a single blog post dedicated to them. It will take some time before the comments start to accumulate, but once they do, enjoy. Make sure you read the email… Continue reading
I originally subscribed to National Geographic as an idea mine for my fiction. I now have several years worth of back issues sitting in my closet, many of them unopened. Now, I’m looking at clearing some space in the closet in conjunction with redoing my home office–that place where I… Continue reading
As I said in the last post, Mary Robinette Kowal has a way of picking up or creating some pretty cool memes. So here is another one influenced by her. First line of the first blog post of each month. It’s an interesting reflection to see what was on my… Continue reading
John Scalzi has a talent for starting memes (see his list here), and Mary Robinette Kowal helps turn them from ideas into memes (see her list here). It looks like fun, so here we go in no particular order and probably missing some that should be here. 1) Performed a… Continue reading
Considering the lethargic pace of producing new work this year, I didn’t really have a bad year in terms of publishing. This is what I wrote that appeared in 2010. Books 2020 Visions – I edited this fiction anthology filled with 16 stories of the near future by 16 different… Continue reading
Two items of news today. First, I received my copy of The Aether Age: Helios in the mail today. In it resides my story Goga’s First Law. Second, I found my first review of 2020 Visions, five of five stars! Woot! http://www.examiner.com/speculative-fiction-in-national/review-2020-visions-edited-by-rick-novy-review
Today, I received my physical copy of 2020 Visions. It has weight, it has pages, nearly 300 of those, and it has a few words I hadn’t seen, namely the authors’ own epilogues. Most of those were bios, but a few included some insight into the story. Gotta clear room… Continue reading
Now that the main fish tank has been overhauled and sterilized, set back up, and restocked with Endler’s livebearers, I thought it was about time to post some photos. (Click them to get a better look.) This is the full tank. The setup is about two weeks old, and all… Continue reading
The near-future anthology I edited over the summer has been released on Amazon.com. You can find it here. * Mary Robinette Kowal “Birthright†* Sheila Finch “The Persistence of Butterflies†* Randy Henderson “A Shelter for Living Things†* Jason S. Ridler “Showing Light†* Ernest Hogan “Radiation is Groovy,… Continue reading
Slow but steady progress is being made on the overhaul of our aquatic setups. It’s been several days since the mass euthanization I was forced into due to a persistent nematode infestation. While that was not a pleasant experience, I am looking forward to the new stock I have in… Continue reading
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