Last night I finished sending out all the rejections and acceptances for the 2020 Visions anthology. Once everyone signs their contract and returns it to Christopher Fletcher, we can announce the table of contents. Until then, I will say that we have some excellent stories by names avid SF readers… Continue reading
When I discovered that my fish had a parasite in the form of camallanus worms, I also quickly discovered the information on treating this pest is scattered and mostly unreliable. To combat that problem, I decided to start a web site dedicated to consolidating that information into one place where… Continue reading
Progress report. I have read every entry to the anthology and eliminated stories that don’t match the theme well or just aren’t written well enough to compete with what’s left. Now comes the hard part. I’m doing my second read through all the stories and ranking them in three categories…. Continue reading
Sorry for the long delay between posts. Yesterday, I returned from a week at Camp Geronimo with my son’s boy scout troop. I’m still a bit sore and fatigued. We had a LOT of rain, with a good 30-45 minute hail storm. Mud, mud, mud, but everyone managed to finish… Continue reading
Somebody must have sold a mailing list of writers. I got an offer for Writers Digest and Poets and Writers in the same day. I haven’t heard from either one in years, haven’t subscribed for even longer. Writers Digest I stopped buying because I got nothing out of it. It’s… Continue reading
The medicated feed I purchased a couple of days ago seems to be helping. The camallanus worms are starting to turn brown, but I still had the concern about newborn worms in the water. Thanks to a little help from Bob Fenner at Wet Web Media (absolutely THE best online… Continue reading
I started the fish on a diet of the medicated food this morning. They all eat with the usual fervor of meal time. I’m hoping this does the trick. I found more of the worms, this time on my siamese algae eaters. I’ve had those fish for over five years… Continue reading
Yesterday I discovered something quit disturbing in my main tank. My adult mollies appear to have an infestation of camallanus worms. it’s a problem that is identified when thin, orange, hair-like worms protrude from the anus of the fish as illustrated in the picture below: I recalled seeing the symptoms… Continue reading
Once again, my story finished with an honorable mention. This makes 11 for me.
The near-future anthology I have in the works right now started out as an invitation-only project. Due to the lack of optimistic stories in the group I received from the invitees, I opened the anthology up to general slush for a period of two weeks. That isn’t to say that… Continue reading
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