Short Fiction
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Foolscap is coming up next weekend. If you’re not familiar with the Foolscap convention, answer these three questions: Do you like sci-fi/fantasy fiction and art? I’m not talking movies or tv, here. I mean the flat stuff. Are you a writer or artist of the above either a) just getting your foot in the door,
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I know. I’ve been bad. Projects eating my time–and by default my brain. I haven’t even updated with a Fringe Candy post, and I have so many things to share on that topic thanks to a care package of weird candy from a fellow candy deviant. But there’s a thing that separates writers from sane
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This year, many of my writing compatriots winged off to Austin for World Horror Con the week after Norwescon. Not only was Joe Lansdale there one of the featured guests, it was in Austin! Of all the cities in Texas, it’s the only one I would consider going to. So I made a vow that
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It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. Sounds like the perfect time for an update! Writing: I took the initiative to re-prioritize a few projects, so that bought me a bit of breathing room. I have two stories out making the rounds and one I need to revise and resubmit. I have
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Some people have a terrible fear of clowns. I’ve known a few of them, and I can’t deny that it provokes a strong panic reaction. I don’t understand it. But then again, they don’t understand my fear of ventriloquist dummies. (I mean, really…those little wooden bastards are just WAITING for a chance to kill you
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I have this list. I call it my Personal Creative Schedule 2011. and it tracks things I’m working on as a writer and as a publisher. Items are organized by due date. This list is currently 24 items long. Yes, some items have been checked off, (six, to be specific). But that still leaves a
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When I think of my influences as a writer, I generally think of the authors from whom I learned certain craft skills once I decided I actually wanted to write. That list is an easy one, and it’s always growing. It wouldn’t surprise me if most authors had a similar list. But this is about
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Some characters come out of nowhere. They don’t always fit in the project you’re working on, and try as you might, making them fit just doesn’t work. It was that way for Roi. Inspired by a painting by Brom, the name of which escapes me, it features a serious bad-ass woman in striped pants, open
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For short stories, I have two finished drafts due by the 15th. Just under two weeks to go, and the first draft of one is finished, while the first draft of the other is about 1/3 done. The deadline for those stories doesn’t seem as daunting as it did a week ago. More importantly, the
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I just received news from the always brilliant and charming Richard Baron that my story “Frames of Reference” made Ellen Datlow’s Honorable Mention list for 2010. I have two, very different thoughts on this, the first being if you’re unfamiliar with Richard Baron, go read his stuff. Seriously. His story “The Cry in the Darkness”
Tales from the Ragged Edge 