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MarsCon. Can. Con.

Posted on January 19, 2015 by admin

Saturday was the 25th Anniversary of Marscon, and since I had never been to the previous 24, what the heck. Drove 3-4 days down to Williamsburg, VA, checked into the Bates, er, Bassett Motel, and then moseyed over to the … Continue reading →

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One and Done

Posted on January 12, 2015 by admin

One revision, I mean, the first revision of The Ship Looking for God. I finished it this weekend. And I like it. It turned out to be 82,921 words, which is still well above my 75,000-word threshold for epic fantasy. … Continue reading →

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The Adventures of Gracie the Wander Cat: Turn out the Lights

Posted on January 5, 2015 by admin

Another Christmas gone, and that D. Krauss guy can now stop acting like a giddy little school girl and get some work done. He keeps talking about all these revisions he has to do, but, trust me, y’all, half his day is … Continue reading →

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Re-visioning

Posted on December 28, 2014 by admin

About the most boring thing a writer can blog about is writing. It’s like a guy who builds Fords waxing poetic about windshield installment: yeah, that’s great, but tell me of the finished product. Having said that, I will now bore you … Continue reading →

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Beirut, with lipstick

Posted on December 21, 2014 by admin

Things are still pretty much the same outside: Although they are gussying it up a bit: About three to five years from now, I’ll have my privacy back.

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It’s Sorta Beginning to Look Like Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2014 by admin

No snow, so there’s that. A few other things are coming together, like: the outside lights. Yeah, okay, a bit underwhelming, but at least they’re up. Some of the houses on the street have got bupkis. The tree: Ignore the … Continue reading →

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The Hard Part

Posted on November 30, 2014 by admin

No, not that. Revisions. That’s what I mean. See, writing a novel is easy. It just is. All you need is a story, time to write it, a place to write it, a medium (PC, writing pad, stone tablets, whatever) … Continue reading →

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Put a Ship on Your Kindle…

Posted on November 26, 2014 by admin

…for 1.99. Through sometime on Monday, when I get around to changing the price back. Go to the home page and click on either Amazon or Smashwords. Yer choice.

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The heart of a cold woman

Posted on November 23, 2014 by admin

It’s evening, about 55 degrees. You see her approaching. Lovely: You smile as she gets closer: This is gonna be great… Next morning, it’s 17 degrees. And your wallet is gone.

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Vender, Vende, Vendor

Posted on November 12, 2014 by admin

  I went to Shatterdome in Herndon, VA this past weekend as a vender. Er, vendor. Whatever. Wasn’t really sure what a Shatterdome actually was, but, liked the word. Yes, yes, I saw Pacific Rim. Once. Cool movie, but I … Continue reading →

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