Ghost Point by James A. Hetley The mortars rained out of the hot ’Nam sky, Crump! Crump! Crump! into the shit-stinking paddy mud. Den Carlsson threw himself flat, scanned the battlefield, and the third round always took the looie as … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2015
The Rambling Writer visits Washington, D.C., with her veteran dad. (Note: I’ll return to my Greece travels and novel research in my next blog, June 13; the first installment was on May 16.) This Memorial Day, I took my 92-year-old … Continue reading
by Brenda W. Clough For professional reasons I find myself these days contemplating a huge TBR stack of Victorian triple-decker novels: Dickens, Trollope, Gaskell. This is intimidating; one cannot speed through these things. But where eyesight and time fail, technology … Continue reading
My science fiction novel, The Weave, made its first appearance at WisCon. Aqueduct Press had copies shipped by the printer directly to the convention, making its table at WisCon and Madison’s Room of One’s Own bookstore the first places to … Continue reading
Nancy Jane Moore’s essay, “The Golden Age of Science Fiction is Twenty-Nine,” is currently available at Strange Horizons. The best science fiction tells a good story while being chock full of ideas. That, I think, is what all the different … Continue reading
Pitfalls and Pet Peeves by Vonda N. McIntyre Kristine Kathryn Rusch has just curated a storybundle, The Write Stuff, which includes my BVC writing chapbook, Pitfalls of Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy, plus Writing Horses — The Fine Art of … Continue reading
Fishing With Horses: There are only about 11 horse fishermen in the area of Oostduienkerke but the two men I have photographed are the only ones who actually drag for the shrimp for part of their income the rest just do it for tourism of … Continue reading
Several BVC members are participating in a Storybundle this month. It’s called The Write Stuff, and it’s made up of 11 books on the business and craft of writing (and one software coupon) by longtime professional writers. Writing Horses: The … Continue reading
I was plugging away at formatting a book last week when Gracie made the odd little noise that means, Bird at the feeder! Ooh, I want me some feathers! Watch me stalk it right through this window! “Leave it alone, … Continue reading
I’m on a panel at WisCon tomorrow afternoon where we’re supposed to come up with better metaphors for dealing with disaster than the zombie apocalypse. In preparation, I decided I should see Mad Max: Fury Road. I had the following … Continue reading