This coming weekend is Bubonicon, the yearly science fiction convention in Albuquerque.  The following weekend is LoneStarCon in San Antonio, the annual Worldcon.  I will be attending both, doing readings, signings, panels, and other appearances. Here’s my schedule, so if you happen to be attending either convention, you’ll be able to find me. Friday, August […]

The ecosystem I’m living in is slowly dying.  Climate change is just killing it. We’re in a drought that’s lasted since the early 1990s, with the respite of a few wet years around the turn of the millennium.  (While I’m aware that every dryer-than-normal year isn’t necessarily, officially a “drought,” the cumulative impacts of many […]

It’s been a little over two years since I started publishing my backlist in ebook format, so I thought I’d update you all on how the indie-pub revolution has been going from my perspective.  (For the first year of this experiment, see this article which I wrote about it.) Firstly, almost all the novels are […]

I’m pleased to report a visit from the mascot of Taos Toolbox, who appeared on the cliff above the lodge and gave us the once-over. I’m pleased because every year we’ve had an ursoid visitor, the classes have been harmonious and were followed by an unusual number of sales. One of which happened just yesterday. […]