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
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
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
Somebody must have sold a mailing list of writers. I got an offer for Writers Digest and Poets and Writers in the same day. I haven’t heard from either one in years, haven’t subscribed for even longer. Writers Digest I stopped buying because I got nothing out of it. It’s… Continue reading
Once again, my story finished with an honorable mention. This makes 11 for me.
Last week I spoke at a teen writers conference held in the Peoria School District. They had three days of writing workshops, guest speakers, and general fun for about 50 kids from 13 to 19. I was invited to speak on wednesday afternoon. I heard about their search for a… Continue reading
The Peoria (Arizona) Unified School District is sponsoring a teen writers program June 8 to 10, 2010. This is the first year they are holding this writing workshop for teen writers, and I will be speaking at the event, representing the science fiction and fantasy genres. From reading the web… Continue reading
I recently received an email from a writer looking to get published. He wanted some input on what I have learned over the past few years. Here is what I told him. 1) Keep yourself busy so that you don’t “watch the clock” on the first story. You might find… Continue reading
If it seems like I’ve been quiet on the net lately, it’s because I’ve been quite busy. After LepreCon last week, I started some classes at the unemployment office. I went into the week with the pre-conceived idea that the classes were going to be a complete waste of time…. Continue reading
Soon, probably this weekend, I will be moving the short story “Magnetic Monopoly from the free area into the catalog. I’ll be replacing it in the free area with another short story that will remain free for a month. If you haven’t read “Magnetic Monopoly” and you want to, grab… Continue reading
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