I got the call today on my latest entry, Shards of Honor. Here’s the list on the wotf blog. I’m honored to find myself initiated into this group, and also into the prestigious group of writers who can say they’ve had their name misspelled. We’re a very selective group, you know. [edit: My name has […]
Archive for February, 2008
While watching myself and friends go through the hectic time of bringing home a newborn, I was always struck by the irony that just when a woman is most exhausted from childbirth and often at a low point physically, she must have her sleep disrupted several times a night by a baby.
You’re wondering what this […]
Sweet as Butternut Pie
Published by February 11th, 2008 in The Human Condition and Just for Laughs. 2 CommentsHere’s a love poem, for you. If you’re the kind of guy who usually sweeps your girl with a fancy dress event, a dimly lit but classy dinner, and maybe something exotic to the taste or delicately blooming, you can take a few suggestions from this fellow and really open her eyes.
Sample Taste of IGMS
Published by February 5th, 2008 in Newsy Bits About Writing and Writers. 0 CommentsOrson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show is doing a promotion in which one story from several issues is free!
I’ve read several of these stories (since I generally buy a subscription) and can tell you that these are great stories, nothing to sneeze at. Tabloid Reporter, especially, will keep you chuckling at random points throughout the rest of […]
Pat Esden’s got a good blog up about using our childhood memories in writing. It’s a long-ish post, so my sum-up won’t do it justice, but the point I walked away with is that we can mine our memories for their emotional strength, rather than their details. Of course, I’m pretty sure I’ve heard OSC make […]
