I just returned from a 24-hour outdoor leader training session down at the Heard Scout Pueblo. A bunch of adults from all over the area get together and took classes to learn the skills the boys need to go from Scout through Tenderfoot and Second Class to reach the rank… Continue reading
Jonathon M. Fowler produced this image for the cover of 2020 Visions.  I requested a proofed version of the work to protect his interests. The image is based upon Alex Wilson’s story Nervewrecking. We provided the artist with a copy of the story and just let him create. The image… Continue reading
I managed to get through Coppercon without picking up any con crud, which is a little victory. I had intended to start writing some new short stories now that my anthology edits have been turned in to the publisher. I didn’t get quite that far today, but I did manage… Continue reading
Labor Day always reminds me of a time nearly two decades ago when I worked for a small company that manufactured ferrites–think the shield beads on your laptop’s power cord. It was a privately-owned company and I worked there for about 9 months. On the Tuesday after Labor Day, I… Continue reading
Back in 2005, when I attended Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp, a woman named Rachel Drydan applied to go. Instead of approving her attendance, Orson Scott Card bought her application story for Intergalactic Medicine Show under the theory that he couldn’t teach her anything. Five years and a few… Continue reading
Today I sent Chris Fletcher at M-Brane SF the copy-edited stories for the 2020 Visions anthology. Aside from one minor rewrite request, everything is done on my end. Now, we wait while the publisher takes a turn. Chris is trying to get the book released by November. That’s a pretty… Continue reading
My Coppercon schedule has changed. Here are the updated times. Sat 1p-230p, Court A.  LIT – What IS SF?  (moderator) Sun 5p-530p, Breakfast Nook.   LIT – Reading Sun 6p-7p, Court B    LIT  – Cross Cultural Writing Mon 1p-2p, Court A.   LIT – World Building… Continue reading
I am plowing through the copy edits for 2020 Visions. I have around 11,000 words remaining, then I need to write the introductions for all the stories. I hope to have that finished before I allow myself to go to Coppercon this weekend. I have seen the cover art, and… Continue reading
While I rolled out little write-ups on the authors participating in the 2020 Visions anthology, there were some developments in my own writing. The biggest of them is that my story, K.622, was released in audio form as part of Michelle M Welch’s Theme and Variations (Opus 2) audio anthology. … Continue reading
The cover art for the 2020 Visions anthology is in progress right now. The artist we are working with is Jonathon M Fowler. I met Jonathon at the 2010 Phoenix ComiCon and we had a nice long discussion about writing and art, and about the anthology. Jonathon had with him… Continue reading
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