The holidays are coming up once again,and there is a lot of suffering during this economy. While I have been out of a full time job for over two and a half years, there are many people who are FAR worse off than our family. Phoenix Rescue Mission helps to… Continue reading
I’ve decided to start posting a weekly update of projects to hold myself accountable. Neanderthal Swan Song is now available on Smashwords. I finished that over the weekend at the expense of new material. Turnabout is on hold pending the completion of the first draft of Rigel Kentaurus. Rigel Kentaurus… Continue reading
If you notice gaps in this blog over the past three months, that is because the spaces had been filled with the serialized version of my novel Neanderthal Swan Song. It is no longer available free on my blog, but watch for another novel to be serialized later this year,… Continue reading
The folks at Digital Science Fiction took my suggestions to heart and have made the controversial “Schedule A” document a much improved statement of policy. It is now as author-friendly as any publication as I have seen. But don’t take my word for it, see for yourself. I love a… Continue reading
Several things are happening at the same time here at Entropy Central. My novel Neanderthal Swan Song is now posted in its entirety on my blog. It will remain here until September 1st. (If you are reading this after September 1 2011, you will notice a large gap in my… Continue reading
I just received a detailed email from Michael Wills of Digital Science Fiction in response to the comments I made on the “Schedule A” portion of their writers guidelines. As has been the case throughout this entire incident, Mike has been extremely professional in dealing with me, and took the… Continue reading
I just spent the past hour or so going through the “Schedule A” document from the submission page of Digital Science Fiction online magazine. Since I publicly commented on my objections a week or two ago, they have made some changes on their own. Paragraph 5 has new language inserted… Continue reading
Okay, I do realize it is Thursday and not Wednesday. What I’m talking about here is the culmination of two weeks of totally swamped. I had some overlap of summer and fall classes at the two schools where I teach. I am also guest lecturing today and tomorrow on the… Continue reading
Yesterday, I lit into a certain policy posted on the submission page of Digital Science Fiction magazine. Michael Wills of Digital Science Fiction posted a lengthy response to yesterday’s post that I think started a very good dialogue. I can tell that he put a great deal of thought into… Continue reading
While I sorted some things out in my live over the past year and a half, my short fiction submissions trickled down to nothing. Yes, I still have work in inventory, but it has sat on my hard drive. Last night, I started looking for markets to send that material. … Continue reading
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