• Lazy Sunday

    There are things I could be doing right now — things I could have been doing all day, come to think of it. I have writing that needs to be tackled, both fiction and support material for the web site. I could be pimping Cobalt City Timeslip at the local book stores. I could even

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  • October Goals

    Inspired by a fellow writer who I follow on Twitter, I have been moved to list my October goals. Why,you may ask? Well the answer is two-fold — it helps me keep a clear sight on what I hope to accomplish, and it enables others to hold my feet to the fire just a bit.

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  • Most of my anthology stories have long been sent in. I have no outstanding new stories floating looking for homes, the Timeslip anthology is done (well, not the promotion side of it, I admit), and you’d think things would be settling down. I actually don’t take many vacations from writing and related projects. Now is

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  • It’s a comin’ up fast, folks! Cobalt City Timeslip, the little anthology that could, is releasing on Friday, October 1st. Heck, we’ve been up for pre-orders on the Timid Pirate site for a week or more now, and we just showed up on Amazon.com also. Ah, the sweet smell of the big markets! And it’s

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  • What are you doing Saturday evening, October 9th from 7-10pm? Why, coming to the Wayward Coffeehouse for Timid Pirate Publishing’s first release party, of course! Not quite sure how I failed to clearly mention this on my blog earlier. Clearly, I’m not thinking straight. Join myself, Rosemary Jones, Erik Scott de Bie, and several others

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  • Foolscap weekend

    One of my favorite weekends of the year is upon me. Since discovering the intimate little Foolscap convention a few years ago, this has been the highlight of my con year. Gone are the movie viewing rooms, the huge panels on pop culture, the movie trailers, the flood of costumes…this is a con for spec-fiction

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  • Well, to say that the past week has been chaotic would be pretty appropriate. Cobalt City Timeslip was finalized, sent to the printer, re-finalized, sent to the printer again, the Seattle Storm took the WNBA title for the second time (GO STORM!), did an interview, fielded a bunch of email resulting from said interview, put

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  • It’s here, boys and girls. The Cobalt City Timeslip anthology from Timid Pirate Publishing is now available for pre-order. In other news, I was interviewed for my neighborhood news blog, the always awesome Phinneywood blog, about the impending release and all things Timid Pirate. I encourage you to check it out. It’s chock full of

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  • A few thoughts on carnivals

    In the world of tent-based entertainment, there are the traveling circuses, the county fairs, and the carnivals. Growing up in small town Colorado, we got plenty of the first two, but the carnival is another beast entirely. See, a circus has the big tent with shows, while a fair has some rides and games along

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  • What next for Cobalt City?

    With the next anthology, Timeslip, being readied for the printers, the inevitable question arises. What next? Timid Pirate Publishing is committed to doing one Cobalt City anthology every year. Some ideas have been knocked about, some more seriously than others. Romance, Invasion, World Tour, Cthulhu, the Neighborhoods…all have some appeal. Some are being ruled out

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