Ahoy me hearties, it be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, which be one o’ me favorite days o’ th’ year. In honour o’ this fine day, I be givin’ away a wee bit o’ booty. In the unpacking o’ our boxes, I found a stash of Shimmer‘s Pirate Issue, edited by Cap’n John Joseph […]
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Unexpected benefits to the new apartment are…unexpected. The drain in the kitchen sink had a little bit of a drip, so I turned in a maintenance request in the evening and the next morning, the maintenance guy turned up to do the repair. Like magic! And then, as he was leaving, he said, “Hey, turn
In 2008 here are the first lines of my first blog post for each month: January – Is there a better way to start off the New Year than listening to Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, Chaucered? February – Turned in a project, which I’ll blog about with photos tomorrow. March – Last night,
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01:03 Okay… I left work early so I could get to bed at a decent hour and yet somehow it’s 1 am again. # 10:26 Rob’s day off so we’re being lazy together for a bit. Then I’ll go to the puppet kitchen. # 11:56 Going for a walk with Rob. Life is good. #
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I’m sitting at the very civilized PDX airport, waiting for my flight. ((Actually, the security is some of the most ridiculous in terms of number and length of lines, but once you’re past that there’s free wi-fi and outlets galore.)) The trip to Portland has made me a little melancholy, wishing we still lived here.
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The producer and the director of “There Will Come Soft Rains” — which you should go see — asked me to build a new head for the dog in the show. We discussed budget and at one point the producer asked if I needed money up front for materials. I laughed. “There is no materials
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I don’t talk about my writing process all that much on this site because every writer has their own way of figuring things out. That and I generally find it dull, but the motorcycle ride yesterday reminded me of a trick that I find handy and you might, too. I spent a lot of time
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I had an interesting experience the other night as a writer or, more accurately, as a storyteller. I had to pick up a prop two blocks from the Puppet Kitchen and thought I’d poke my head in to see what they were working on. A big group of my favorite people were there, making what
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I was given an ARC of Scott Mebus’s Gods of Manhattan The basic premise is that a parallel, magic, Manahatta exists throughout Manhattan. It is inhabited by the Gods of Commerce, The Best China, Guilt, Opposite Side of the Street Parking, and the like. These gods used to be mortals, but after their death if
All the good SFWA boys and girls seem to have dutifully posted about the pending close of the Nebula preliminary ballot on December 31. On the off-chance that you are a SFWA active member and haven’t recommended any fiction yet, I would like to recommend a simple strategy. My opinion on the Nebulas is that
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