Heard about the "To The Best of Our Knowledge" "3 Minute Futures Flash Fiction Contest" on the radio and decided to go for it. 572 words completed and submitted in time for today's deadline ( Read more... )

Got my contributor's copy of the newest issue of New Fables, edited by Tim Susman of Sofawolf Press :-D. My story, "The Stampeders," is the first one in this volume of anthropomorphic tales. "The Stampeders" is something of a riff on the old Grimm's fairy tale of "The Fisherman and his Wife." My version is set during the Yukon Gold Rush of 1897- ( Read more... )

I know I don't post here very often these days, mostly because I haven't been writing much lately (though I do have a new story coming out, which will be the subject of another post!). I do try to keep the place tidy though. I don't understand why, but I'm getting more and more spam comments every day. Like 5-6/day ( Read more... )

I found out about an anthology that might be a suitable market for a reprint of mine. Went looking for the file, only to discover that I don't have an electronic copy of the story in a format that my current computer can read. Worse, I can't even access the published version -- it came out on a CD Rom. I don't know why not, but none of our ( Read more... )

My story, "The Stampeders," will appear in the upcoming "New Fables, 2012"!! I will post details as soon as the issue becomes available.

"The Stampeders" has tangential inspiration from the tale of "The Fisherman and His Wife," and is set during the Yukon gold rush of 1897-1898 ( Read more... )

I am embarrassed at how long it took me in the end to finish this review. It wasn't because I didn't enjoy the book! I read it right away, but I kept experimenting with different e-book formats, because I wanted to get the hyperlinks working as they were supposed to. Here are my thoughts as I posted them to "Library Thing" (who will probably ( Read more... )

Library Thing gave me an early review copy of Judith Tarr's new book, "Writing Horses, The Fine Art of Getting it Right." *claps hands with glee ( Read more... )

For the first time in way too long, I actually completed a draft of something new. Actually, it's a substantial rewrite of something I put together last year. Mostly it's been poor time-management and too damn much to do rather than writer's block, but whatever. If feels good to have something done. I'll be posting it to the OWW soon (need to ( Read more... )

The Tangled Bank: Love, Wonder, and Evolution has launched ( Read more... )

"The Proust Effect" will be appearing in The Tangled Bank; Love, Wonder and Evolution anthology. The anthology celebrates the life and work of Charles Darwin, and I am delighted to be a part of it!

The full TOC and cover art can be seen at The Tangled Bank's website. The anthology is scheduled for release on Darwin Day (February 12) 2010, and ( Read more... )