Another Sale

Sam’s Dot Publishing sent me this email earlier this morning: I’m accepting both Winter and Adjoa for publication in one volume under the title Winter. Winter btw is excellent! Very well done. We’re going to publish this as a trade paperback book. It probably won’t be until February next, though…. Continue reading

Sale

Looks like my strategy of getting my short stories back into the market has already paid off. I sold The Budget Hath No Mercy to a new Canadian ezine, The Random Eye. It’s not a big sale, but it is the first sale I’ve had since January. Amazing what getting… Continue reading

Books and More Books

Apparently, my experience with the freezing cold night at Geronimo came with a free head cold. I’m miserable and didn’t have any concentration at piano lessons, normally my most productive time for writing. Instead, I did something that doesn’t take much concentration and I’ve been wanting to do for a… Continue reading

More on Compelling Science Fiction

Disclosure: This post was written last night and scheduled to post this evening, as I am currently at the boy scout camp. I plan to take my camera and snap a ton of photos. Yesterday, I started an impromptu essay on what makes science fiction compelling. Today, I want to… Continue reading

Ice Cream

Took the girls to use the Baskin-Robbins 2-for-1 sundae coupon this evening after Audrey’s flute lesson. They both got the chocolate Oreo sundae. Sorry, but I did not have the camera along, so no pictures. The Scoutmaster took a brief respite from the camp to bring the church van back… Continue reading

The Difference Between America and Britain

There is a difference between the U.S. and Britain. As much as I love all things British, this doesn’t happen in the States. Thanks to David Langford’s Ansible for linking to the story. www.ricknovy.com

Boring Day

Today was one of those days I hate. Nothing notable happened. I got up and helped my wife get her mother out of bed. Started the week with a conference call then drove to work. I spent the day doing work things, then went home to catch another conference call…. Continue reading

Traction?

I wrote about 600 words on the novel today, believe it or not. I think I’m finally unstuck, as I got out of a situation that I maybe shouldn’t have gotten myself into. A murder always makes a story interesting. Not much to tell today. Went to Costco because coupons… Continue reading

A Few Ground Rules

I know that a lot of family members on both my wife’s side and my side are following this blog, as are some people who are not related. I thought I’d take a moment to explicitly state what you will and will not be likely to find here. You are… Continue reading