Day 13 without the desktop computer. Data Doctors is closed on Sundays, of course, but then I’m usually distracted by football on sundays. Packers have the early game and Cardinals have the Monday night game. Russell’s Chargers are on the afternoon game, but he’s camping right now. Anyway, there has… Continue reading
The perils of not backing up are rearing their ugly head. My main computer crashed on tuesday while I was working some video. It left the computer utterly unbootable. Last update, the computer was at Data Doctors having the 500Gig hard drive imaged. They report there are numerous bad sectors… Continue reading
As announced several months ago, I guest edited issue #12 of M-Brane SF. Christopher Fletcher has announced the table of contents and produced a cover image. He also announced that in addition to the usual pdf version of the magazine, he is issuing the collection of stories under the name… Continue reading
Wow, suddenly a month goes by and I haven’t posted. It’s just like the old days when I was working for Yertle the Turtle. Gosh, we have some news now. November was National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo. I wrote 52,000 words in November, which is about 60% of the… Continue reading
Here is a picture of me at Dog-Eared Pages book store in north Phoenix today. They held a local author signing and here I am sitting in front of a rack of Romance novels signing my science fiction. www.ricknovy.com
My guest-editing experience for M-Brane SF has moved into a new phase. I have all but one story decided upon and the lineup for the issue is taking shape. It has been an interesting experience to be sure. I still need to provide Christopher Fletcher with introductions to each story,… Continue reading
As regular “Frothing at the Mouth” readers know, I have been reading submissions for M-Brane SF magazine as guest editor for issue #12. It has been an interesting experience since until now, I have never slushed. While I haven’t received any truly atrocious material like I hoped to read, I… Continue reading
I finally woke up and get back to my IRA portfolio. My strategy involves creating my own mutual fund using a super secret formula I discovered hidden in ancient Havasupai rock carvings in the Grand Canyon. It’s a good strategy that has served me well over the years. The problem… Continue reading
Michelle M. Welch is a Phoenix area writer who has written several novels. (Details can be found on her website, follow the link.) A few months ago she announced a music-themed audio anthology to be called “Theme and Variation.” Last week I signed a contract for my story “Black Orchid”… Continue reading
J. Alan Erwine informed me today that he wants to publish my short story How to Drive a Pinto (Bean) in the March issue of The Fifth Di…. This story is the sequel to my story How to Thwart a Dictator, which appeared last October in Tales of the Talisman…. Continue reading
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