At the Kenyon Review blog, William Walsh has been posting about collaborations. Since I’d been posting about the topic over…
Passive versus Active: DEATH MATCH, or possibly, just a cup of tea
At the invitation of Niall Harrison from Torque Control I’m participating in a blog discussion about N. K. Jemisin’s The…
N’awrlins
I just returned from a trip to New Orleans (or, as a jazz singer reminded us in song, N’awrlins). We…
Coll-ab-o-ration
Sorry for not posting much, and the likelihood is that will continue–I normally don’t travel that frequently, but this year…
Nisi Shawl & Cynthia Ward guest blogging at Booklife Now
Jeff VanderMeer’s Booklife Now blog has two very exciting guest writers this week–Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward. Nisi and Cynthia…
Video Friday: Author Edition
First up: “My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors” by Moxy Fruvous: “We’ve been living in hovels / spending all…
Short story writer takes the long haul
I’ve written dozens of short stories, but I’ve never completed a novel. Oh, I’ve ventured a few, but I’ve never…
Five Recommended Speculative Stories for Indie Readers, 2009
I’ve spent my last couple weeks reading short stories, novelettes, and novellas so that I can nominate for the Nebula…
Fucking Funny
Author M. K. Hobson, who claims that her most successful short stories are humorous (which is a damned lie), writes…
Metafiction: A Flame War
This is the Title of a Typical Incendiary Blog Post This sentence contains a provocative statement that attracts the readers’…