Sybil's Garage No. 7 was released today. It's a cool small press magazine with a lot of great short stories and poetry--more specifically, it contains my first published story. Hooray! Other contributors include E. C. Myers, M. K. Hobson, and Tom Crosshill. If you're interested in speculative fiction, check it out. Leave a comment

February is coming up, and I'll be spending most of it here: http://fawm.org/. For anyone out there who's a songwriter, or who just likes hearing new stuff, FAWM is definitely worth checking out. Even if you're not a songwriter yourself, you're welcome to participate in the forums and comment on the ( Read more... )

I've submitted my first story, "A Second Life," the erstwhile "Resurrection," to F&SF. Goodbye, little guy! *waves hankie* At least I'll have one piece of interesting mail to look forward to amid the billspam ( Read more... )

In a positive orgy of productiveness, since my last post I've finished one story and started two more. "Started" is the key word here; I need to work on the whole concept of being "finished." For one of them, I like the concept, but as I write I get the feeling it's the wrong story. I guess the best thing to do is finish it anyway and then ( Read more... )

Apparently someone might actually be reading this now (hi Tempest!), so I'm going to update it more often. At least once a year ( Read more... )

Caranille is a character from an original story I'm writing. It's not based on anything particular; I happened to like the sound of the name. She's a minor character but my favorite so far...the closest thing I have to a Mary Sue, which I am consciously trying to avoid. The actual story writing is dragging a bit--after the first inspiration, it' ( Read more... )

I got this account months ago and have never entered anything in it. I must lead a boring life. I'm going to post this to see if the account works.