The journal

May 31, 2013 · 176 words

Fun

Posts have been scarce the last ten days or so, and it’s all because I was having fun. I could either stop having fun in order to post about all the fun I was having, or I could just go on having fun. Which is what I did. Most of the fun was had at […]

May 30, 2013 · 465 words

Mortality

Jack Vance died a few days ago, but the news was only released today. He was 96. Admiration for Jack’s works came late to me. I read some Vance when I was a teen, but either I read the wrong stuff, or I simply didn’t Get It. But coming to Vance as an adult, I […]

May 24, 2013 · 42 words

From the Mountain

We’re having a jolly fine time here at Rio Hondo, the workshop as big as all outdoors. Here are Carrie Vaughn, Kim Jollow Zimring, and Michaela Roessner in front of some of the luxe lodging available here in the Carson National Forest.

May 22, 2013 · 0 words

And Now, For the Kiddies . . .

May 19, 2013 · 142 words

Toolbox Scores Again!

I’m going up the mountain for the next week, and so posting here may be a little thin. But before I go, I thought I’d pass on some good news. Alan Smale (Taos Toolbox ’11) has sold a three-book deal to Random House/Del Rey. The first book was one he workshopped at Toolbox. And Fran […]

May 17, 2013 · 164 words

Passive Entertainment

While I’ve been traveling and working and livin’ large and otherwise engaged, my DVR has been recording hours and hours of stuff. Is it worth watching? You tell me. I have a good many episodes of Defiance stored up. I’ve watched the first half of the pilot, in which high production values were matched with an […

May 16, 2013 · 44 words

Talkin’ Till I’m Blue in the Face

I’ve updated my interview page with every online interview I could track down. Including one in which I speak absolutely perfect French. So now you can find out everything about me that I’m willing to talk about. You’ll just have to infer the rest.

May 15, 2013 · 18 words

The Process

Taos Toolbox grad Catherine Schaff-Stump has put up an interview about my writing process. Check it out.

May 14, 2013 · 269 words

Motor Sport

This is the new Lamborghini. It’s called the Egoista, which means just about what you think it does. it’s got a 5.2 liter V10, lots of carbon fiber, and room for only one person. (I’m guessing, from the appearance of the vehicle, that it’s intended for the Dark Lord himself.) The driver compartment is […]

May 13, 2013 · 642 words

Guinea Foul

This anecdote is perhaps best accompanied by the above video, which will give you an idea of the sounds, and the volume, which I regularly endure. Last night I went out to close the gate leading to our single-lane dirt road, as I do every night, and I saw that one of the neighbor’s guinea […]

May 13, 2013 · 470 words

Another Bust

The New Mexico Book Fiesta was, as I feared (and more or less expected) a desert. Picture a giant convention hall full of booths and dealers. Then picture a handful of people wandering around in silence, most of them authors and dealers just strolling over to say hello to one another. If this had been […]

May 11, 2013 · 1,025 words

Events Here, Events There

I will be at the New Mexico Book Fiesta this Saturday, from 12:30-1:30, signing at the Page One booth. Though there are a number of SF authors attending, all but one are signing only. They seem not to quite know what to do with SF authors. Which seems to be a theme this week, since […]