The journal

February 26, 2023 · 61 words

Double Sale for the Toolbox

M.V. Melcer (Taos Toolbox ’16), has sold a two-book deal to Storm Press. The first volume should appear in October. I would like to suggest that you don’t want to fall too far behind. If you have ambitions to write and sell science fiction or fantasy, by all means follow Ms. Melcer’s example and apply […]

February 26, 2023 · 103 words

Go East, Young Man

As I wrote in an earlier post: Breathes there a man with soul so dead that he doesn’t like cowboy songs? Even if they’re sung in Mongolian, with indigenous instruments and throat-singing? What you need for a proper cowboy-western song is the following. A sound that somehow invokes the big open spaces. Music that reflec

February 22, 2023 · 36 words

Fiyo Away

We’ve been listening to Mardi Gras music all day on Sirius Radio, so I thought I’d share some with you. Here’s Trombone Shorty and Cyril Neville with “Fiyo on the Bayou.” Dance if you want to.

February 16, 2023 · 181 words

Another Point for the Toolbox

I’m pleased to report that The Bone Orchard, by Taos Toolbox veteran Sara A. Mueller, has been nominated for the Compton Crook Award. The Bone Orchard was workshopped at Taos Toolbox, and has been generating buzz for its author ever since its publication earlier in the year. Not to be forever harping on the subject, [&

February 16, 2023 · 99 words

Back to Boston

I’m heading to Boston for Boskone 60 this weekend. I’ll hope to see you there. I’ll be participating in panels, a reading, a signing, and a kaffeeklatsch, and I’ll also be hanging out and talking to people. Here’s the schedule. Some of the convention will be virtual, so you might be able to participate without [&hellip

February 15, 2023 · 0 words

Sending

February 11, 2023 · 49 words

Talk Video

Brenda Cooper, Ken Scholes, Hank Schwaeble, Cliff Winnig, and I are interviewed by Sean Patrick Hazlett about our participation in the anthology High Noon on Proxima B. We had fun, I think. Odds are you will, too. P.S. The book is now available wherever fine books are sold.

February 9, 2023 · 18 words

Cover’d

Looks like I’ve bought tickets to see Steve ‘n’ Seagulls live. Hope they bring the anvil with them.

February 7, 2023 · 91 words

Another Win on the Shelf

So Bonnie got another Grammy to put on her shelf, much to the astonishment and outrage of the world. (If you can’t outrage the world at an awards ceremony, what’s the point?) I could post the video of “Just Like That” here, but I thought I’d put up one that was new to me— a […]

January 31, 2023 · 340 words

When Horses Fly

I suppose because I was the most junior person on board, I was first through the hatch, and then I just gaped. The smell struck me first, horse dung and horse sweat and horse panic and horse urine, all blended into a primeval acid reek that scalded the back of my throat. And then there was the […]

January 29, 2023 · 410 words

Whole Yellow

For Cousin Cindy’s visit the other day, I cooked a large ham. It was something like 12 pounds, so it lasted considerably longer than the night Cindy was here. Since then we’ve enjoyed ham sandwiches, ham omelettes, and ham fried rice. Because there was a leftover ham bone, I was inspired to make a memory […]

January 27, 2023 · 693 words

How I Are a Williams

A few days ago I had a visit from my cousin Cindy, who was in transit from Minnesota to visit friends in Arizona. Cindy has been assembling a genealogy of our family, and I was able to share a few stories about our history, including the story of how I became a Williams. I figure […]