Zeppelin backstory
Back when I was writing my zeppelin story, I said that I would talk about its origins at some point....
Archive for Writing
Where to submit
A conversation with a certain neopro author (hope you don't mind that characterization) at WisCon made me think there ought...
Opportunity for self-promotion
I was in a bookstore the other evening; bought a recently published first novel by someone who I think is...
Blazoning
I gather that in a certain period of European history, it was common for men holding forth about their lady-loves...
Nonpolitical (personal, minor) good news
Some things that've made me happy lately: At World Fantasy Con this past weekend, half a dozen people I didn't...
What not to put in a cover letter
We've been getting a lot of submissions lately that have detailed summaries and/or discussions of the story in the cover...
Fictional translation
A friend of mine used to do something interesting when running roleplaying games: he'd use real-world historical names for famous...
Planetary intelligences and surprise twist endings
Just once, I'd like to see a story in which there's a planet-wide network of interlinked computational elements and/or life...
Two Le Guin quotations
I see no reason not to use a journal as, among other things, a commonplace book. So I'll quote two...
The story of my weekend (II)
Friday through Sunday, we discussed various aspects of the craft of writing, critiqued stories, ate well (thanks largely to Mary...
Leonard I
I said, "They ended up watching Get Shorty. I've seen it twice, but I stayed for the opening. Ten minutes,...