Well things have gone completely insane at the day job, rendering the posting here rather sparse. My department has lost two employees (really three, but the one was essentially a volunteer), and guess who’s taking up the slack? So the Read more…
Yay! I just got my author copies of Blood & Rust: Two Novels of the Cleveland Undead, DAW’s omnibus reprint of Raven and The Flesh, the Blood, and the Fire, my two vampire novels. (Actually I got 16 of 40 Read more…
Been too busy for the Blog lately, so we’re going the cheap and easy route with a cute cat picture. This is Mu.
I picked up this meme, it might be a little stale, but it is a cool idea: This is a list of the 50 “most significant” science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones Read more…
Thanks to the SF Signal Blog, over the past few weeks I’ve had the chance to read a couple of articles about the politics of science fiction. It’s interesting to compare the thoughts of Eric S. Raymond and David Brin Read more…
First in what I hope to be a ongoing series on the technical aspects of writing fiction, particularly genre fiction, and even more particularly, SF/Fantasy fiction. A challenge to all writers, and SF/Fantasy writers in particular, is the troublesome need Read more…
This is from a friend of mine in college radio. While I’m all for IP rights, it irks me when someone steps between me and my rights just to enrich themselves. Not to mention the Kafkaesqe red tape is truly Read more…
About the other anthology: My story “Fealty” is about the strange return home of a knight from the siege of Antioch, and his final crusade. From the cover blurb: Assassins—are they born or made? Do they choose this role out Read more…
As requested, a little info on the antho and my story in it. My story, “The Historian’s Apprentice,” is in large part a homage to Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun. It is a far-future Dying Earth story set Read more…
Just got covers for two anthologies that are going to contain my stuff: Places to Be, People to Kill will be coming out June 2007, will contain the story “Fealty.” Man vs. Machine will be out July 2007, and will Read more…