In memoriam
My mother would have been 59 years old today. When she was the age I am now, I think she'd...
Gay in NYC, gay in AZ
Two minor victories: New York City has decided to recognize same-sex partnerships that have been recognized elsewhere. For example, if...
Profile
Recently I've had several conversations with various people in which I've tried to find a way to express my sense...
The story of my weekend (III)
Sunday night I had dinner with K at a little place called Cafe Bar. It was noisy and filled with...
Critiquing
One thing I noticed over the weekend is that although I'm a lot better at critiquing than I was...
Salon status
It occurred to me just now to wonder how Salon's doing these days. I looked at some of their recent...
Belated availability
Ursula K. Le Guin's Hugo-nominated story "The Bones of the Earth" is now available for free at Fictionwise. Sadly, it became...
Journaling
Huh. Always a little startled when I discover that friends have been doing online journals for a while that I...
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...
The story of my weekend (I)
Where to begin? (Begin at the beginning, proceed until you reach the end, then stop.) Thursday morning, the plan was...
Access again!
While I was gone, I had sporadic and minimal Internet access. In the rare moments when I could connect, it...
Offline
It only just occurred to me that I'm going to have only limited Net access for most of the next...