I had a spectacular week. I spent it in the company of fourteen very fine writers. They are all in the photo that accompanies this post, which was taken at the very end of the workshop. It was fun. I teach advanced level craft workshops in person about three times per year. The writers who […]
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Today is the last day to join me in a writing challenge. I’m going to focus on writing (as well as the holidays) for the last 2 weeks of 2023. I need the focus, as I explained in the first post about this. It’s been a heck of a year, but the upside is that […]
Continue ReadingBecause of everything that’s happened this fall—Dean’s accident, food poisoning (mine Thanksgiving week), school shooting (good God)—I’ve been a bit distracted (which is the understatement of the century). I’ve learned, though, that fiction writing is a refuge and a release for me. But I can be and often am distracted by everything. If I’m in […]
Continue ReadingI have decided to discontinue the weekly Business Musings posts. If you’re interested in my occasional thoughts on publishing, take a look at my Patreon page. If you missed the final post, you’ll find it here. Thanks so much for your time and support over all the years.
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I should have seen it coming when I couldn’t figure out how to write the year-end blogs. I found a dozen topics that fit, but none really interested me. They’re all important from different perspectives. The perspectives are so different from each other that they no longer feel like part of the same industry. For […]
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To hear an audio version of this post, click here. I had a shocking experience this past week, and yet the experience shouldn’t have been shocking at all if I actually thought about it. Because of the events of the past three weeks, I’m behind on almost everything. For those of you who don’t know, […]
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For a free audio version of this post, click here. When we started into the aftermath of Dean’s crash & burn, a dear friend reminded me that I only had so many spoons each day, and when I was out of spoons, I had to stop whatever I was doing and rest. She also reminded […]
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To Get A Free Audio Version of This Post, Click Here. In 2011, our close friend, Bill Trojan, died. His death wasn’t sudden—he had untreated diabetes—and yet his death was sudden. He literally keeled over at Worldcon in his room. The end, for him, in many ways was both swift and slow. Swift, in that […]
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For a free audio version of this post, click here. Every year, the Las Vegas Book Festival takes place three blocks from my condo. Every year, I watch the tents go up for the outdoor presentations and the book sales, and every year, I think, Hmmm, maybe I should go. A few years ago, I […]
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To get a free audio version of this post, click here. This past week, I had a fascinating text exchange with one of my very best friends. We have known each other for more than forty years. We met in college—and no, this friend isn’t Kevin J. Anderson. This is another friend. We worked in […]
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