It’s been a long last couple of days. Sunday I attended day 3 of LepreCon36 and sat on a panel about the (un)glamorous life of a writer with Melinda Snodgrass and Rick Cook. The topic being loosely defined, we ended up talking about various aspects of life as a writer,… Continue reading
Today was the day I earned my free pass to the staff lounge and the food inside. I sat on two panels, had a reading and a signing. I read from “Return to the Moon” and from “Espantalho de Sao Paolo,” both unpublished works and had good reaction from both…. Continue reading
I spent much of yesterday at LepreCon 36 in Mesa, Arizona. I’m on program but I had nothing scheduled for friday. That allowed me to simply sit in panels and listen the way I did before I started being invited to be a participant. At the meet the guests party,… Continue reading
I finally got my schedule for Leprecon 36, this weekend in Mesa, Arizona. Saturday: 11:00 Social Media with Jack Mangan and Ken St. Andre 12:30 Reading 4:30 Signing 7:00 Being an Author in the 21st. Century with Mike Stackpole, Adam Niswander and Rick Cook Non-traditional publishing, new ways to self-promote,… Continue reading
Yes, I admit I am running a little thin on blog post titles. I put in another 3 hours of census work in the heat today. It’s getting rough with temps in the mid-nineties. I really wears you down, and my creativity is sapped after that’s finished. Fortunately, I managed… Continue reading
I spent about 3-1/2 hours in the field today doing census work, and it’s exhausting work in this heat. We’re nearly 100 degrees, though we haven’t hit it yet. A lot of walking and knocking on doors. *exhale* In terms of writing, I’ve been struggling with how to proceed on… Continue reading
I just sold a story “Whatever Venuti Commands” to The Fifth Di….
I read through and made corrections to the manuscript for the short story I finished last week, “Espantalho de Sao Paolo.”  Yesterday, Asimov’s magazine announced they now accept electronic submissions, something writers have wanted for a long time I made use of the new e-sub form and sent the story… Continue reading
I survived my week of Census training and now they’re ready to release me to the world. Confidentiality issues prevent much detail in the specifics of what I’m doing, but I was named as one of two Group Leader Assistants. No difference in pay, just an extra code to remember… Continue reading
When I decided to pull 24 of my short stories out of circulation and trunk them, fully half of them were out in submission to a market. Today I received a response on the second of those–a rejection. So, 14 now in the trunk, 10 still out. In the mean… Continue reading
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