Archive for October, 2001
Well yesterday was interesting. Woke
October 31st 2001 at 6:58 pm
Well yesterday was interesting. Woke up nice and early at 8:30, and got to work at 9:50. Supporting the conference (350+ according to some) was hectic. But there was a little surprise that I hadn’t expected…
Turns out Kate Mulgrew (Captain Janeway from Star Trek Voyager) was here at Bluffton College, as her husband is [...]
Oooh. Before I go forget
October 30th 2001 at 12:53 am
Oooh. Before I go forget already, you can see the amazon.com ordering info page for THE BOOK OF ALL FLESH in which my zombie story TRINKETS appears. Get your copy here They’re not yet available, but they should be within the next week or so, if not sooner. I’m rather jazzed.
2 rejections today; one from
October 29th 2001 at 7:06 pm
2 rejections today; one from Asimov’s (138 days) on a collaborative piece, and another from Leviathan (21 days).This week’s CD is Waterbourne, a sort of Eastern Himalayan sounding group with Westernized overlays (the techno sort of dancehall beat in some cases). There’s a scene in the movie High Fidelity where one of the [...]
Added 410 words to push
October 29th 2001 at 6:01 am
Added 410 words to push the night’s total up to a nice even 1K. My fave. I’m getting to the ’showdown’ section of the piece. I have about 600 words left. I think I may need an epilogue, but I’m not sure. I have the end thought out a bit, but I’m seriously considering how [...]
I slowly move forward on
October 29th 2001 at 2:41 am
I slowly move forward on my current story. Hit the 2K mark. It has to be 3K, so I’m moving slowly and carefully. Had to cut and merge a scene, but I think I’m on track to wrap it all up at 3K perfect.I might have to pause on that story to see if I [...]
Rejection from Asimov’s today. Gardner
October 24th 2001 at 8:51 pm
Rejection from Asimov’s today. Gardner sent a form, but wrote on the bottom ’sorry for the form, we’re swamped.’ Cool. Also got another request from an editor for a story, making that 4 requests of some sort I’m juggling right now. This sort of demand makes me a very happy writer.
I’ll tell you what else [...]
Woah. That was a quick
October 23rd 2001 at 11:56 pm
Woah. That was a quick week, eh?
In summary – I started and wrote a story called ‘The Twinkle In Her Eyes.’ By Friday I had 2900 words written, and was about 200 words from the end. On Sunday I opened up the file and it had lost everything but the first day’s work. Not sure [...]
Did the Cajun Sushi Hamsters
October 15th 2001 at 5:08 am
Did the Cajun Sushi Hamsters workshop tonight, and it was nice to be in the company of writers and talk business for a few hours. Even nicer, the workshop was held only an hour and a half away, meaning I didn’t have to do my usual 3+ hour trek. Also was alerted to a few [...]
About 300 words last night.
October 12th 2001 at 10:07 pm
About 300 words last night. Not incredible, but often as I get close to the end I struggle a bit. In this piece I am changing the ending a bit.
Emily and I ordered an iMac, and it arrived today. Zippy with Apple’s Unix based System 10.1 on it, I’m looking forward to playing with it. [...]
850 words last night. Almost
October 11th 2001 at 5:13 pm
850 words last night. Almost to the end of Duppy Conqueror. But on on another wild note:
Apparently pro bin-Laden demonstrators are buying posters with a bin-Laden collage on the front, and one of the collage pictures has Bert from Sesame Street in it. Everyone has a different opinion about how the posters came about, but [...]
