I’m feeling a lot of push from my muse to write, which is good overall (except when I get cranky with a friend or loved one who ‘interrupts’ her). I’ve got a couple reviews in the works, various ideas kicking around in my head, a coauthor eager to continue work on Honeycutt Tales and the germ [...]
I’ve recently been engaging in conversation on ReadWriteWeb’s Google Buzz feed. Not only have there been lively discussions there, but it’s gotten me thinking about privacy, social networking and related topics. As Google Buzz has undergone an extremely shaky launch it’s been fascinating to watch the various reactions people have. My mother, a tech savvy [...]
Writing has been slow lately. Some stresses — see below for one of them — combined with computer difficulties put a cramp in my output. I’m working slowly on the former and have mostly solved the latter: a bunch of friends (Maenad, Alan, Chris, and the A’s, thanks!) donated computer parts to me, so I [...]
I’ve been quiet for a while since I moved out of the Dream Cafe and into my own place in Houston. A lot of my life is in transition right now, and sadly I haven’t done much writing lately. It’s been an adjustment to living on my own again, but I’m enjoying it. What I’m [...]
Tonight I wrote my first introduction for a book. It’s for an upcoming rerelease of one of my favorite short story collections by a favorite author of mine. I was really honored to be asked to do this, although it’s also a little surreal that he thought an introduction by me was worth having in [...]
I found a mummified gecko in my window. I think it’s a sign that I’m living a good life that I knew immediately who would receive such a gift as a sign of love and affection.
During most of 2008, I was engaged in the creation of a new world. Along with my co-creators Reesa Brown and Steven Brust, we began the Continuous Coast project, a Creative Commons-licensed, open-content shared world. Although the project is still in the final phases of its beta or prologue phase, there has been regular content [...]