About three miles from the house is the Liberty Reservoir. It’s an artificial lake that provides water to Baltimore. It being a pretty day–clear blue sky, temperature around eighty-five–I packed a bag with notebook and pens, grabbed a towel, and drove out to the reservoir. I wanted to get some writing done while communing withContinue reading “On Skipping Stones”
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On Being Poetry
Yet again, this is Keith’s fault. He posts these memes, how can I not take a look? 🙂 If I were a form of poetry, what form of poetry would I be? I am, of course, none other than blank verse.I don’t know where I’m going, yes, quite right;And when I get there (if IContinue reading “On Being Poetry”
On Roadtrips
I was thinking of a short story I wrote about five years back. Pocket Books runs the Strange New Worlds contest for unpublished authors — they can write short stories featuring the Star Trek characters and submit to the contest. I was eligible, and I came up with an idea that I really liked. ItContinue reading “On Roadtrips”
On Weird Concepts
So an idea came to me. An alternate history novel. An alternate history novel about the Beatles. There have been a few Beatles alternate histories. Larry Kirwan’s Liverpool Fantasy comes quickly to mind, as does Stephen Baxter’s “The Twelfth Album” and Ian McLeod’s “Snodgrass.” The concept is doable. It’s something that conceivably could have happened.Continue reading “On Weird Concepts”
On the Silence
I’ve been out of town for a week, out of touch. An impromptu road trip. Got back home yesterday morning. Spring has truly arrived. It’s nice outside. I got some writing done, the story mentioned earlier. It’s about one-quarter done. I’m anticipating getting it to half done by the end of the weekend, then havingContinue reading “On the Silence”
On Research Avenues
Sometimes research will lead one down strange alleys. I spent the afternoon doing some research into the Aristotlean and Ptolemaic conceptions of the geocentric universe. In so doing I discovered an unusual belief held by ancient Mesopotamian and Greek cultures (and written about by Plato in the Epinomis), that Saturn was a star like theContinue reading “On Research Avenues”
On Rejection
A short story for an open-call anthology came back rejected today. The editor’s feedback consisted of three points: Well-written Going to take a pass Find a home for it Oh, well. Rejection happens. As soon as I figure out another market for this, out the door it goes again! Someday it will have a home.Continue reading “On Rejection”
On Automatic Silliness
I saw this on several friends’ LiveJournals: a short story generator. Most everyone used it to create bad Star Trek fanfic, but I decided to be different. I’d create Doctor Who fanfic. So, with much ado, I give you… The Cat Princess The Doctor was walking through a turgid meadow, laughing at the butterflies flittingContinue reading “On Automatic Silliness”
On the New Mission
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.
On New Features!
Since I’ve been playing around with WordPress this weekend, I decided to add a few new features. First, I’ve put text on the About page. It’s been sitting out there, unwanted and unloved, for a while. That’s fixed. Second, I’ve restored a page linking to my writings. I had one, long ago, and it fellContinue reading “On New Features!”