The Earth Ship Docks at Absent Willow Review
My head is reeling! Not a week since I got my acceptance from CSfG for the Masques anthology (see below) I have had another story accepted – this time by The Absent Willow Review, a relatively new...
View ArticleHey, I Won a Contest!
It’s not exactly Aurealis, and the prize money would barely cover a decent bottle of champagne to celebrate with, but I’m very pleased to announce that I was the winner in Abra Wiebe’s Spec The Halls...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Well, it was nice that the year went out on a high (see below). As I sit here eating assorted rice crackers and drinking sump oil port, it’s hard to credit that at the beginning of 2008 I was finishing...
View ArticleThe Devil Made Me Do It
OK, so I’m skiving off work. Ever since I finished my latest novel, TimeSplash!, my productivity has been way down (although I just finished a new short story I’m very pleased with – Jim’sWorld.) So...
View ArticleTales of Long Ago
A post today at Emma Newman’s blog got me remembering stuff. (Since she says her post was inspired by a post of my own, this is becoming strange and incestuous. Either that or it’s what people used to...
View ArticleThe Earth Ship – published today
There is no feeling like it! My short story ‘The Earth Ship‘ is out today in The Absent Willow Review. I am so glad to see this story in print as it is one I’m particularly proud of. At 8500 words,...
View ArticleSci-Fi and Fantasy: Why I like one and not the other
I write science fiction. I read science fiction. I love science fiction. But why? Today I read two highly-aclaimed short stories by fantasy writers. Both recently won awards. Both were well-written....
View Article‘Skyball’ now online in Bewildering Stories Issue 324
Why waste your time reading blogs when you could rush over to Bewildering Stories Issue 324 and read my newly-published short story ‘Skyball’? Yes, I’m in print again! And this particular achievement...
View ArticleReligions on Other Worlds
The price you pay for sentience? The scientific study of religious belief is barely getting started, but it is badly needed. I tend to believe – based on what little evidence there is – that...
View ArticleSomething To Cheer You Up
Ah writers! If your day has left you a little weary and flat, and especially if you have had a form rejection from an agent today, pop along to Mary W. Walters’ blog and enjoy a wonderful, cathartic...
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