Tuesday, December 20, 2011
There’s a saying that you’re supposed to write what you know. Generally, that’s true — the further you get from what you know the worse the work gets. I think this is why so much fantasy/sci-fi is so bad — the people writing it don’t actually know science; and they don’t know fantasy, since it’s [...]
Time has reached such a dizzying velocity that I cannot in any visceral sense imagine it getting any faster; and yet this is the same error I’ve made over and over. They say people are atrocious at internalizing non-linear responses — we can’t feel them in our guts because nature never required it of us [...]
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
I am going to start getting my life back.
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Paul just told me that his favorite new energy thing is this sublingual B-vitamin complex. Me: Does that work?Him: Try it. Results: ten minutes later it started working. Started babbling, felt full of ideas and energized. One hour later felt like brain exploded, had to take nap on couch in library. Woke up feeling like [...]
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As many of you know, I hate mowing my lawn. I used to think this was because I actually hated the act of mowing the lawn, which was a thoroughly miserable experience growing up — my hay fever was so bad that after sitting on the tractor for an hour I was a fountain of [...]
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The other day TLAT Pam sent this link of hair metal videos on YouTube. I watched a bunch of these, including the one for White Lion’s “Wait” which you should watch. Here are some observations: 1. Can you believe this ever happened? I mean, there’s a stretch where the singer is standing on stage, dressed [...]
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
I think the Clarkesworld rejection has already spoiled me; all the other markets are estimated at a month or more before they get back to you. I’m waiting to hear from Theresa before I send Twenty Ten out again. Since turnaround times from here on out are so long I’ve got to be strategic. The [...]
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Just keeping ya’ll up to date. This one went to McSweeney’s, which is somehow even less likely to go through than the one to Clarkesworld. But I don’t care. The piece is perfect for them, and it’s good enough. And when it gets rejected, I’ll send it to someone else. Did I mention 2010 was [...]
Friday, February 19, 2010
This morning, for what is essentially the first time ever, I submitted a story. To Clarkesworld magazine, which has published some pretty compelling work in the past. Spar, by Kij Johnson, I liked particularly. [Mom: don't read it.] The rejection rate is crazy high, and even though I feel my story is very strong it [...]
Monday, February 15, 2010
We’ve got a trillion strays roaming around the neighborhood and tonight Monica, sweet soul that she is, let one into the house. Now he won’t leave. Not sure what to do about this. This is not the cat, but it will help you visualize maybe. Help.
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