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I’m finally feeling recovered enough to do a bit of a download from Norwescon 34. It didn’t sink in until about 5 minutes ago that last year I attended as a pro writer, with my first anthology publication hitting the shelves in Close Encounters of the Urban Kind. This year, I attended not only as…
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So, I have this story. In a way, it’s paranormal romance. In another way it’s…well, I’m not really sure what it is. The first draft which was written about a decade ago varied pretty substantially from the finished draft. Over the years, I kept coming back to it, playing with various aspects of the characters…
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Well, Norwescon is right around the corner. Time off from the day job has been requested, house/cat sitter arranged, and the logistics of toting all my gear down to Sea-Tac has been looked at. I figure all that remains is to hip y’all to my schedule for the con. It’s going to be a good…
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The funny thing I think most of us forget about star charts (astrology, horoscopes, etc), is that the negative characteristics they point out shouldn’t be used as excuses. And that should be taken into consideration whether you’re an astrology advocate or not. The negative things are general enough to apply to most people. But again,…
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For the most part, I really do believe I’m a good person. But I’m also prone to a character flaw that I’ve been working on fixing for the past couple of years. On occasion, I get frustrated and stressed, and I act or speak without thinking things through just to be done with something. Usually…
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I never really intended to be a workaholic. I used to like my down-time, gaming with friends, watching television, going to the zoo. But there has been a transition over the past few years. My kid brother finally called me on it this weekend and I was forced to face the truth. See, the day…
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I should be in bed trying to sleep now. Instead I’m sitting in the dark while rain pounds on the windows, writing this. I’ve been dreaming a lot about my father lately. I can’t tell you the details. I hardly remember them for more than a few minutes after waking. But he’s there. And we’re…
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I really intended to get back into the saddle where writing was concerned. I got notes and outline prepped up and revised for the next Gato Loco novel, even did a chunk of the first chapter. I turned out a story and a heavy re-write in the past few months. But output hasn’t been up…
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I suppose it started with a name. Zombre. Conjuring up images of Clint Eastwood’s mysterious stranger, but as a zombie who hunts other zombies, it was compelling. J. Madmartigan came up with the name, and provided some initial concept art. But concept art for what, exactly, we didn’t know. I had written both comic books…
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I’m sitting in a coffeehouse across the street from my apartment, glad that I took the day off sick from work. Glad not just because I needed some recovery time to fight off a cold, but because I’ve just lost a battle to hold back the tears. Yeah. Sobbing in public is one thing. Sobbing…
Tales from the Ragged Edge 