Archon is one of my favorite science fiction conventions. This year, they brought one of my long-time favorite authors as special guest: Harlan Ellison. I discovered Ellison’s short stories in the late 1970s, when I was in high school. My first real-life encounter with the author was when the university booked him as a speaker. I convinced my mother to take me to see him. I was probably 15 at the time, and my little…
If you’re looking for something fun to read, give Yard Dog Press a look. They’ve been kind enough to include my short fiction in several anthologies and my art on several book covers. They recently started offering their back list in e-book format through Amazon. Many of the authors included in these anthologies also have books of their own available through Yard Dog Press. The following anthologies include one of my short stories: A Bubba…
Are you toiling in the fields of an over-used plot device? Charlie Jane Anders asked a number of editors about what plot elements have been done-to-death in the short story market. If you think the slush pile might be oversaturated with zombies, parallel universes, and retold fairy tales, you’re not wrong. Give it a read.
Wed, 11:14: RT @neiltyson: “i before e except after c” and except in species & science & vein & weird & being & seeing & their & Keith & Neil &…
Sat, 15:37: Ah, sweet clearance rack! You warm the cockles of my heart… and the rest of me, too, with that cozy new winter coat I now call “Mine”. Sat, 17:30: Gift idea: Sweet Potato Pie by my friend Lawrence Schoen, with cover by my friend Rachael Mayo, Hadley Rille Books: http://ow.ly/3hK2P
