Apparently, our vacation karma was confiscated by customs upon our return to the states. I have a travel tip for all of you. If you are given a choice between being sodomized by a rusty farm implement, and making a US Airways connection at Philadelphia International Airport, you are better Read more…
I’ve been gone for a while. Me and my wife combined our 10th wedding anniversary trip with the trip my wife’s German brass band was making to play around Germany and Austria. We rented a car, and drove around Bavaria and points south: Munich, Nuremberg, Vienna, Salzberg, Innsbruck, Füssen, and Read more…
I just sold another sort story, “Family Photos,” to yet another Marty Greenberg / John Helfers anthology (The same people who put together Man vs. Machine it’s out now, you should buy a copy) titled Future Americas. The story is a meditation on crime, victimization, art and celebrity— which has Read more…
I’ve decided to stop being coy and post an actual picture of my introverted self, with cute dog to lessen the impact. . . Actually, Eleanor, my new agent, needs a picture for the author section of the Spectrum site. So, if I’m going to be pictured there, might as Read more…
My search for a new agent has borne fruit! I have secured the representation of Elanor Wood at the Spectrum Literary Agency. Wohoo! I now get to say I have the same agent as Larry Niven and Robert Heinlein (ok, his estate, but still!) both of whom count (perhaps non-coincidentally) Read more…
I have just been the recipient of the strangest spam I have ever gotten. No Nigerians involved, no performance enhancing drugs and (thank god) no goatse double-penetration felch hentai. No this spam was obviously a labor of love by a single individual who has absolutely the wrong idea about the Read more…
I just got my copy of the anthology where my story “Fealty” appears, ‘Places to be, People to Kill.‘ So it’s out, buy it. And while the Klausner review drops my name, it would be nice if some actual people reviewed it on Amazon.
Ladies and gentlemen, Wolfbreed is complete! I finished the last scene on Friday, and I’ve spent the last two days running through the draft, doing tweaks and copy-editing. The second draft is officially done. (OK, if you’ve followed the blog and my counters it is draft 1.5) Even better news: Read more…
[This is a copy of a letter I just sent to the SFWA Forum] For the past three years I’ve been involved in a legal dispute with Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast over one of their d20 products. So far, I’ve remained mum about this in public, but fortunately Read more…