Wednesday Writer – Jack McDevitt

Jack McDevitt is an extremely personable man whom I met for the first time at LepreCon 39 in may of 2013. We chatted a number of times over the course of the convention and we got along really well. Our sense of story also seems to be similar. So, I… Continue reading

Potpourri – Impressions of Star Trek Into Darkness

***SPOILER ALERT***SPOILER ALERT***SPOILER ALERT***SPOILER ALERT*** Did I mention ***SPOILER ALERT*** ? This film left me with mixed impressions. As a whole and taken on its own, it was a decent film. Then again, I have the hindsight of 4 television series and something like 11 previous films of history before… Continue reading

Wednesday Writer – Lon Prater

Today we’re chatting with Lon Prater. He is a retired naval officer, and I’ve known Lon virtually through Codex since 2005. For somebody unfamiliar with the work of Lon Prater, how would you describe your fiction and which story do you think is the best introduction to your work? My… Continue reading

Rio Grande Gorge

A couple days after we got back to New Mexico from Colorado Springs, we decided to head down to Taos. I’ll talk about that tomorrow. Before we got to Taos, we stopped at the Rio Grande Gorge. Maybe twelve miles from Taos at the crow flies, you cross this bridge…. Continue reading

Waldo Canyon Fire Evacuation – My Experience

For vacation last week, I took the family to Red River, NM. As part of the trip, we intended to see my brother and his family in northwest Colorado Springs. I had been to his home once, and the rest of the family had never been there. There was, of… Continue reading

A Good Day at the Office (and rambling thoughts)

I had a 3000+ word writing day for the first time in a long time. No other real commitments today other than grading a handful of math papers and a quick run to Costco. It feels good to be that productive on the novel, which passed the 20K word mark… Continue reading

Weekly Update – 9/26/11

Making any progress on Rigel Kentaurus at all this week was extremely difficult. There were numerous important commitments that pulled me away from writing. I only managed 3156 words in the past 7 days. The project stands at 51860. This is a Y-shaped story with two story lines merging into… Continue reading

Review – Paintwork by Tim Maughan

Tim Maughan has been involved with anime and manga for a long time, but has only been a published writer of prose fiction for about a year an a half. I know because at the time, I was editing issue 12 of M-Brane SF. I read Tim’s story and ultimately… Continue reading