For Immediate Release… Who: Me. What: A new short story. When: Due, May 1st. Where: Can’t say. Why: Why not? 😉 How (long): 12k. We’ll be following this story as it develops. Stay tuned.
Category Archives: Writing
On DHL Asshatitude and Ice
We have ice! And sleet! And ice! And muck! Yuck. There’s about three to four inches. The road looks passable. There’s been very little traffic. I hope the Beltway is generally clear. Also, DHL sucks dog’s balls. If you’re going to deliver a package when someone’s home, why just leave it on the porch that’sContinue reading “On DHL Asshatitude and Ice”
On Ideas
Some days, Batman once said, you cannot get rid of a bomb. Occasionally, I’ll have a story idea like that. It’s something I just cannot get rid of. Recently I’ve had four abso-smurf-ly killer story ideas. For Boston Legal. And absolutely nothing I can do with them–though I could write a teleplay on spec, I’dContinue reading “On Ideas”
On Invitations
An interesting e-mail arrived today–an invitation to a blogger conference/get-together in Raleigh, hosted by the local NBC station there. I’ll admit, it’s intriguing. I’ve never thought of myself as someone who got noticed in the blogosphere. The NBC station wants to have a sit-down with bloggers to talk about the role blogs can play inContinue reading “On Invitations”
On Nerdish Insights
From an IM conversation today: mknzyCalhn: I’m racking my brain here — I’m trying to think if Doctor Who has ever done a story about cloning Scavgraphics: new earth mknzyCalhn: you’re right Scavgraphics: also, daleks Scavgraphics: aren’t the mutants clones? mknzyCalhn: well, the mutants are grown in vats, but we don’t know if they’re clonedContinue reading “On Nerdish Insights”
On The Things I Write
I wrote a short story today. It stars two kidneys. Yes, the organs, kidneys. The ones that filter the blood and produce urine. It’s a story about two kidneys, and their kidney-adventures. They talk to one another. One of my favorite lines is: “Okay!” said the other kidney, in that excitable way that kidneys do.Continue reading “On The Things I Write”
On Grand Designs
Grand Designs, the Star Trek: Corps of Engineers compilation containing my novella Ring Around the Sky, will be published by Pocket Books in July of 2007. The cover for it was unveiled today: The cover image is of the world Kharzh’ulla IV, seen in my story, as rendered by artist Chris Moore. Kharzh’ulla boasts ofContinue reading “On Grand Designs”
On An E-Mail Received
Today I received an e-mail I've been expecting for about six weeks now. It's from a reader of “Make-Believe.” The story hit close to home for him. He lost his brother-in-law in Iraq. The characters, the emotions rang true, he wrote. He said he was touched. I've written back to everyone that's written me aboutContinue reading “On An E-Mail Received”
On a Great Quote
Garrison Keillor had a fantastic line in his most recent newspaper column: When I was in college, I read Kafka and Camus and tried to write like them, in flat non-American English, as if written under the influence of a migraine, until it slowly dawned on me that I was missing the basic experiences thatContinue reading “On a Great Quote”
On Head-Thumping
That sound you hear? Those are my screams. I’d started a short story last week. It wasn’t much, I wrote two pages in the heat of the idea, and I wasn’t sure if I’d get back to it. If I’d want to get back to it. It was, suffice to say, a little strange, andContinue reading “On Head-Thumping”