A hundred words a day was too easy. Raising the challenge to 150 helped some, but I was still building a huge buffer that enabled me to skip days and still stay ahead on Beeminder. Retro-ratcheting the buffer (raising the target line to trim the buffer to zero) helped only for a brief time. Let’s […]
Read MoreA little over three months days ago, I decided it was time to stop procrastinating, and begin making writing a regular part of my life, a given, a habit not easily broken, like sleeping, eating, reading, and bodily functions not normally mentioned in polite company. My approach was to demand of myself that I write […]
Read MoreETA: SF Comet is now defunct, so the story’s no longer online there. Check out the story’s page for other reading opportunities. In case you missed it, my short SF story A matter of mass, which won the international SF Comet contest this November, is now a free read on the SF Comet website. In […]
Read MoreDe Nederlandstalige versie van dit bericht is te vinden op mijn Nederlandstalige site. The other week, I got into a huge digital fight with A. It involved WhatsApp name-calling, long e-mails full of arguments and blame-laying, fiery passion and icy reason, culminating in (hopefully temporary) termination of the friendship: that kind of fight. Thanks to […]
Read MoreMeanwhile, preparations at AnthologyBuilder are in full swing for Halloween. Not that any pumpkins are in evidence, but their huge database of short stories contains plenty of tales to fill an anthology with ghost, ghouls, and other horrors. Their most recent blog entry teases you with three brief excerpts of stories that fit the bill: tintillating, teasing, threatening, […]
Read MoreMeanwhile, over at AnthologyBuilder, preparations for Halloween are already on their way. Not that there are any pumpkins in evidence, but their huge database of short stories contains ample tales to fill yourself an anthology of ghost, ghouls, and other horrors. Their latest blog entry teases you with three brief excerpts of stories that fit […]
Read MoreHoud FantasyWereld.nl deze week in de gaten! De populaire website voor de fantastische genres heeft een Themaweek gewijd aan het korte verhaal. Gedurende de themaweek komen telkens gratis verhalen beschikbaar, die ook beschikbaar blijven als de week voorbij is. Ik heb mijn SF-verhaal Diamanthaaien bijgedragen, de Nederlandse vertaling van Diamond Sharks. Dat is meteen ook de primeur van dat […]
Read MoreKeep your eye on FantasyWereld.nl this week! The popular Dutch speculative fiction website FantasyWereld is hosting a Theme Week dedicated to the short story. Free stories will become available all through this week, and stay available after the week ends. I’ve contributed the SF story Diamanthaaien, the Dutch translation of Diamond Sharks, marking the first-ever appearance […]
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