admin | February 26, 2007
Well, I’ve finally got some projects in the works which might turn into actual sales…but I’ve had so many things fall through before that I’m afraid to say anything about them! Last year, in particular, I got all excited and talked about some ultracool projects that looked definite…and then they went away. I ended up [...]
admin | February 17, 2007
Have I actually begun to feel grateful for quality rejections? Yes, I have. Agents and publications sometimes send out quickie form letters, often without any indication of what submissions they’re responding to. My favorites are the ones that come on a tiny slip of paper…maybe a sixth or an eighth of a standard sheet of [...]
admin | February 11, 2007
I had a great time last night at the latest performance of the local symphony, whose program included a stunning “Scheherezade” by Rimsky-Korsakov. I enjoyed going to church today, especially seeing my wife ordained as a deacon and listening to our progressive minister’s left-leaning sermon. Also loved the annual “Soup ‘n’ Pie” luncheon afterward. Had [...]
admin | February 10, 2007
Recently, I got to thinking about James Joyce for the first time in ages. I heard some interesting facts about him on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac, and it made me consider sampling Ulysses again. Ulysses is a book I’ve started many times in my life but never finished. This time around, I found a complete [...]
admin | February 8, 2007
Since I work in a cubicle environment with plenty of conversation going on around me most of the time (my favorite: those who holler at each other over the cube walls instead of picking up a phone!), I rely on music played through headsets to keep my sanity. It is the only way I can [...]
admin | February 7, 2007
I’ve got to get writing. That’s all there is to it. Other than a short comic book script in mid-January, I haven’t written any fresh fiction since before Christmas 2006. I’ve done puh-lenty of writing-related work, including revising a novel, writing novel proposals and queries, compiling agent and editor information, and mailing novel queries…and that’s [...]
admin | February 6, 2007
It was so cold last night, the pipes under the kitchen sink froze! The solution: heating them with a hair dryer until they thawed. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize the pipes in the garage, which we’d had trouble with before, were not to blame, until I’d already spent two hours heating them. Well, at least I [...]
admin | February 4, 2007
I know it’s blasphemy to be an American and not watch the Superbowl…but I’m not watching. I watched last year, because I live in Western Pennsylvania and it was all about the Steelers…but I just don’t care this time around. The great thing about not watching is, everyone else is watching, so the world is [...]
admin | February 3, 2007
Sometimes, I feel like I’m in complete control of my faculties. My awareness of everything and everyone around me is crystal-clear; my control of what I say and do is absolute. Then, there are times like this, when I’m just fumbling along like an idiot, and my head is full of dust bunnies. I truly [...]
admin | February 2, 2007
Okay, so I’m a fool for Star Trek. I admit it. As such, I think the remastered original series episodes are just fantastic. I also think CBS has set a precedent, and I hope other studios will remaster other classic SFX-heavy properties. I’d like to see them take a crack at original Battlestar Galactica, Buck [...]
The Fictioneer will be appearing at World Fantasy 36, set for October 28-31, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio.
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