So this coming weekend is convention I have attended regularly for a number of years.  I like MidSouthCon.  It's a half a day's drive at the other end of the state, and they are always a great group to work with.  And appreciative. So of course, there are precon prep things I must do.  The truck needs a spot check to make sure it is up to the trip.  There is packing.  There are bunches of publicity...

Over a year ago, I was hanging around a publisher's group and a fan mentioned how they would be thrilled to have the publisher reprint a set of anthologies I was involved with.  The publisher said that they were giving that serious consideration. I popped in and mentioned that it would be a lot of work for the publisher having to renegotiate all those contracts, to which the publisher replied...

Don't Let Great Ambition Overshadow Small Success... A couple of years ago, that showed up in  fortune cookie I got.  It spoke to me Very Strongly at that time.  I was having one of my moments.  A writer I knew whom I considered way below me on the ladder to success (yes, there is a hierarchy--we just don't talk about it) was getting nominated for something, and I got angry--mostly to myself--and...

Okay, so I am still a little woggy because of DST (hack, blech, phooey!), but I have accomplished a few things today. Four loads of laundry (yeah, I know--not writing, but one DOES need clean underwear when one works a full-time job) are on the last dryer load.  The sheets and blankets are waiting to be restored to the bed, but of course, at the moment, the bed is covered with stuff--including myself...

So Many Stories--So Little Space... It is one of those things that I am a collector of stories--my own, mostly.  Stories I have started and never finished.  Stories I have written and sold. And stories I have written that are just sitting there staring at me, wondering when I am going to get off my virtual duff (and in truth, there is nothing virtual about my duff--trust me on this) and get them...

Robin Wayne Bailey has a book coming out from Dark Horse. http://www.amazon.com/Lankhmar-Book-Swords-Against-Shadowland/dp/1595820779/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236112411&sr=8-1 Amazon has it up. Since I am a strong supporter of Dark Horse and anything they do, I would recommend y'all go take a gander at Robin's book. I've read a lot of Robin's work over the years, and...

Colorization is taking place.  While it is not complete (and please forgive the fact that this is a cropped photo and not an actual scan so some of the colors may seem a little off), it is starting to look pretty interesting. Of course, I am supposed to be writing.  But the picture fascinates me... Which is not to say I am not writing.  I have deadlines.  Deadlines for things I have been paid...

So I am a little angry about something.  No, I won't go into detail here.  Just suffice to say I got an email today that "annoyed" me, and for a good reason.  I really hate it when people hint that my list of credits is less than "professional." At any rate, there was anger, and anger is never good unless you can channel it. Writers can channel it into their work.  Things either die or get royally...

City Under the Bridge is my Harper Mage novella forthcoming from Wolfsinger Publications.  Recently, I reported that Marge Simon was doing my cover, and I think I have mentioned that I saw the cover and loved it. Well, now it is up on the Wolfsinger Publications website: http://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/CityUndertheBridge.html Enjoy...

There have been a few ups and downs involving electronic toys.  As I am sure many remember, I got myself an ASUS Eee PC 900A recently, one bearing Xandros Linux on its tiny 4 gig ssd.  I named it The White One because it was white (The Black Pearl and BiggiEEE are all of a darker nature color wise).  I have spent some time attempting to tame the Linux child.  Being a Windoze user, I have that Windoze...