Rob is listening to Jake Shimabukuro’s live album and his rendition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller just came on. Oddly, it makes me more aware of the musicality of the piece than all the zombies did.
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Behold! Here are photos of the Midwinter Feast that the Oregon Regency Society threw this year. They had a photographer on hand, Michael Linn, who took some gorgeous photos of the evening. Just click to start playing the slideshow. There’s even a photo of Rob smiling. I know!
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Apex is now offering the full content of Issue 20 FREE on their website. This is pretty nifty. Here’s a teaser of my story “Tomorrow and Tomorrow.” The moment Tuyet walked into the Dagenais’s compartment, she knew something was different. The usual pack of dogs swarmed around her, distracting her, before she figured out that
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While I was in Utah, I had occasion to visit the home of the Tayler’s. Knowing that they have four children, I brought along The Broken Bridge, my tiny little puppet show. Sandra has written a charming account of the afternoon spent playing with her children. With pictures! “Tra la la!” said Mary as she
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While I was in Utah, I had the opportunity to be on the Writing Excuses podcast with Eric Flint. Howard Tayler and Dan Wells hosted us for a discussion of writing Alternate History. The three areas of Alternate History that we covered were: Our history, but with a key change occurring (the “branching point.”)
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I’ve recently moved to a standing desk, which I accomplished by placing several reams of paper under my laptop. So far, I think I like it. I need to raise the monitor some, but otherwise, I find it quite comfie. The biggest problem comes from my chair. I have a very small office area, so
My cats and the standing desk. A minor problem. Read More »
Last summer, I went down to L.A. for an action-packed week for some pre-production work on Rose: the 3-D Puppet Zombie Musical. It’s an independent feature film. In 3-D! It’s written by John Skipp and has one of the weirdest and most compelling scripts I’ve run across in awhile. Allow me to just refer you
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On Saturday, Rob and I attended the Duchess of Beaufort’s Midwinter Feast, hosted by the Oregon Regency Society. You might have noticed that my blogging has been somewhat thin for the past week. That’s because I was busily making an outfit for Rob and retrimming my dress for the event. Yes. Rob went in costume.
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I guest blogged at Apex today, talking about the genesis of my short story “Tomorrow and Tomorrow.” Stories come from the strangest places. Way back in 2006, I was working as a puppeteer in Iceland on a television show called Lazytown. As part of a way to deal with the physical stress of the job,
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I’ve often felt that one of the way writers differ from other artists is that we tend to jump into trying to create finished products without working on the individual skills involved in that finished product. For instance: An artist will practice shading without working on a picture. A writer very rarely sits down and
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Woot! Escape Pod has accepted Jaiden’s Weaver for their podcast. I love Escape Pod. It’s my go-to audio fiction source when I’m building puppets so I’m delighted that “Jaiden’s Weaver” is going to appear there. Originally, this story appeared in Mike Brotherton’s Diamonds in the Sky anthology and you can read the entire story there.
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The last day in Utah was a good deal of fun. It started with breakfast with Eric James Stone, Beth Wodzinski, and Sean Markey. In the afternon, Beth, Sean, and I repaired to the Tayler home lured by promises of homemade scones. I had never encounted the Utah version of a scone. This is a
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This was the second day of the Superstars Writers Seminar and I’m really glad I came. I have to admit that the name makes me giggle a little, even though I recognize the impressive track records of the instructors. I think because I associate superstars with the 80s show Star Search. I keep having pictures
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I spent the day hanging out with Howard and Sandra Tayler, which was a great deal of fun. Knowing they had kids, I tossed the Broken Bridge into my bag and took it to their house. Not only did I perform the show, two of their children got excited and started doing their own performances
Hanging with writers, puppets, books, and Schlock. Read More »
If you are in the Salt Lake City area come to Sam Wellers Book Store for the Super MASSIVE BOOK SIGNING. In attendence will be authors Jessica Day George, Tracy Hickman, Dave Farland AKA Dave Wolverton, Kevin J Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Larry Correia, Eric James Stone, Brad Torgersen, Brandon Sanderson, and me. The signing is
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