Hasta la Vista

January 26, 2019

Last night in Cabo.  My friends have been terrific, the hospitality was wonderful, the drinks pretty great.  (Never had a tequila that tasted like pecan praline before.  You’d think that would be bad, but you’d be wrong.) I’ll be returning to the world tomorrow, but in the meantime I’ll be enjoying the last of my […]

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Have a Flight!

January 24, 2019

And pour an extra one for yourself, Etaoin Shrdlu, because you’ve won the contest!  I am in fact in Cabo San Lucas, a guest of my longtime friend Terry Boren, whose relations own a timeshare. It’s not exactly a vacation, because I’ve been writing every day, but normally my week is full of all sorts of […]

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Clue the Second: Where am I?

January 23, 2019

Here’s the second clue to my Undisclosed Location, with a bit more information.  Disclose it, and win a signed copy of The Accidental War, or any other book from my store. The last set of guesses were all plausible, but I’m going to need a little more precise location than “Baja” or “Hawaii.”  There are a […]

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Clue the First: Where am I?

January 22, 2019

As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m away from home in an Undisclosed Location. It is up to you, however, to disclose it.  I’m not saying anything. I’ll post a series of lovely pictures containing clues to my whereabouts.  Anyone who unmasks my secret location will get a free signed copy of The Accidental War, or (if […]

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Hyper Lupine Bloody Gobbet Moon

January 21, 2019

Here are my two best photos of the Hyper Lupine Bloody Gobbet Moon, or whatever they’re calling a lunar eclipse this time. It was very pleasant lying back on a lawn chair and watching the moon slowly devoured by the ravenous talons of the cosmic beast.  But with the moon gone, who will I sacrifice […]

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Framed!

January 19, 2019

Here I go, breaking the fourth wall again. Now that I’ve changed my frame of reference, I’m on my way to an Undisclosed Location, so I may not be posting for a few days. If you’re looking for something to read, Locus has put the always-perceptive Russell Letson’s review of The Accidental War online for your […]

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Purple Gin and Pink Martini

January 18, 2019

Gotta say, last night had a lot to recommend it. I took the train up to Albuquerque to meet Kathy downtown, and then we went to the Apothecary Bar atop the Parq Central Hotel to watch the sunset turn the mountains pink, which it did right on schedule.  We had cocktails and ate high-end bar […]

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Toolbox Time

January 16, 2019

Hey, it’s 2019!  If your New Year resolution included working to become a professional author, you should consider applying to Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy.  This year’s workshop, held in the deluxe Angel Fire resort in New Mexico, will be run by Nancy Kress and Walter Jon Williams, […]

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Portals

January 12, 2019

There follow some thoughts on setting, inspired by the earlier discussion on corridors. Setting is a character in fantasy and SF, or should be if the author knows what he’s doing.  This is particularly true in fantasy, where the setting can become this big, unwieldy character with which the protagonists have to wrestle in practically […]

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Forty

January 3, 2019

On the first of January I celebrated my fortieth year as an author, the period in which I have supported myself solely on writing and related professions. I would have mentioned this on the day, but you know what?  I forgot. It was early on January 1, forty years ago, that I got a phone […]

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