Doug Lain is teaching a six week writers workshop through the Woodstock Community Center and Portland Parks and Recreation starting on July 1st. The course will be run on the Milford Model, but will also feature presentations on aspects of writing from various local writers, including me. The full lineup of guest speakers is:Â Jay Lake, […]
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Today I headed out to St. Helen’s to have lunch with my buddy Ken Scholes and his beautiful twin girls. I do mean beautiful. I mean babies tend to be cute but these girls are pretty spectacular. It was really good to see Ken. We don’t get to spend enough time together so having some
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Here are the beautiful daughters of Ken and Jen Scholes. Rachel (5 lbs 3 oz.) and Lizzie (5lbs 6 oz.) were delivered this morning and all are doing well. I’m so happy for my friends and can’t wait to meet the young ladies. Through the magic of wireless, Ken snapped a photo of the girls
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My literary dad, Ken Scholes, introduced me to my wonder-agent, Jennifer Jackson. Today is the release of his debut novel, Lamentation from Tor. Ken is one of my dearest friends and he’s also one of my favorite authors, which is a handy combination. If you’re in the Seattle area, you can head over the the
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Two of my favorite people in the world have just announced wonderful, wonderful news about a collaboration they are working on. Go congratulate Jen and Ken Scholes who say: “My flist may or may not have noticed that I’ve been somewhat absent the last few months. Though I’ve been quiet, I’ve not been idle. ..
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The rules on this one are simple. For 8 days, post 1 thing every day that made you happy. Then tag 8 other people. Here’s mine. Last night I sat in front of the fire in my parents’ house with Rob and talked to my folks. Look! The stockings are hung by the chimney with
Alan Roberts came to the “Strolling with the Stars” event that Stu Segal had arranged and offered me this photo. It is my very favorite one. Let me tell you what is happening here. I’m standing between Jay Lake and John Scalzi, two men who are dear friends as well as being former Campbell winners.ÂÂ
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Jennifer Jackson is answering questions about agenting, on her LJ. And today she was talking about the role of net-working and conferences. It’s worth reading, but she basically says that all the net-working in the world won’t make a difference if the book isn’t good. Then she says: On the other hand, Elizabeth Bear introduced
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Jennifer Jackson of Donald Maass Literary Agency has just offered me representation. Naturally, I said, “yes.” And then I ran around in circles, weeping and giggling. See, I don’t blog about everything but back in January, I made the very hard decision to leave to leave my agent. The details aren’t important, but it wasn’t
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Swing by Shimmer and enjoy the .pdf of our 2007 Holiday Bonus Story, “What Child is This I Asked the Midnight Clear” by Ken Scholes.
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Last night’s build of the dog went much faster because Ken Scholes was in town and visited me in the studio. He is one of my favorite people and getting a chance to just yak away unto the wee hours was great. Plus he had brandy. He’s got his view of yesterday up on his
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We always talk about villains getting their just deserts, but would about the good guys? I mean, when a friend has worked hard, has talent and then gets what he deserves, shouldn’t he be allowed just desserts? I like desserts ((Yes, I know it uses the other spelling, but “just deserts” gets this pronunciation.)) ;
SFFreader » This Week’s New Short Fiction ON MY SHELF Prime Codex, edited by Lawrence Schoen and Michael Livingston: I picked this up at CONduit last weekend at a reading by Eric James Stone, who has published multiple stories in places like Analog SF and IGMS. He’s a member of the Codex Writers Group, and
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Today was one of those odd days where I did a lot, but felt like my wheels were just spinning. I did novel revisions, had lunch with Ken Scholes, ran errands, went to the coffee shop and actually wrote, and cleaned the basement. Yet somehow, I feel like I got nothing accomplished. Why is that?