Friday, July 06, 2007
At last!
Finally got a name for my novel based on my first short story "sale" (which was Hell Forge). The title is "Rogue Destiny" and tells the story of Aimelyn and Sammat fighting together to oppose the curse that afflicts both them and Marsh' descendents.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
InConJunction
As mentioned previously, I will be attending InConjunction in Indianapolis this weekend (July 6 through 8). I actually get to host a panel on whether or not all possible themes for vampire and zombie stories have been explored. Not really sure about the other panels, but I'll make do as required.
It will suck that I won't be able to get home this weekend, though. Being gone from Tam and the kids for longer than a four day stretch bugs me.
In writing news, I've been infected with an urge to work on a novel concept born of my first published story, Hell Forge. It still needs a name, but the imagery just won't stop coming. So, I'm going to go for it!
Don't worry, I'll get Recall going, too.
It will suck that I won't be able to get home this weekend, though. Being gone from Tam and the kids for longer than a four day stretch bugs me.
In writing news, I've been infected with an urge to work on a novel concept born of my first published story, Hell Forge. It still needs a name, but the imagery just won't stop coming. So, I'm going to go for it!
Don't worry, I'll get Recall going, too.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Cogent and Thoughtful
Basically, that's what I'd like to come across as, but that's going to be a bit of a challenge.
Not for any one particular reason, mind you. Rather, I have a variety of things buzzing around in my head that could or could not be interesting to anyone who might browse through.
For example, first time writers scared to death that someone is going to steal their precious short story. So, they put copyright symbols in the title or all over the manuscript. That's almost always a brilliant red-flag for a piece that's going to suck rocks.
So, like I mentioned yesterday, I finished two shorts that are now homeless since neither one met the needs of an anthology I was aiming for. At times like this, you get a "And now what?" sort of pause. Do I go right back to the novel I was working on? Do I edit the shorts and send them somewhere in the vain hope of selling them to an ever-shrinking short story market? Do I just delete the files from my jump drive and let them disappear into the ether?
Oh, decisions, decisions.
Add to that the pending disaster that will be my real-life housing relocation and my attendance of two cons this month and you can see that focus will be a running issue for a while.
So, if my posts aren't exactly cogent and thoughtful, please be patient.
Not for any one particular reason, mind you. Rather, I have a variety of things buzzing around in my head that could or could not be interesting to anyone who might browse through.
For example, first time writers scared to death that someone is going to steal their precious short story. So, they put copyright symbols in the title or all over the manuscript. That's almost always a brilliant red-flag for a piece that's going to suck rocks.
So, like I mentioned yesterday, I finished two shorts that are now homeless since neither one met the needs of an anthology I was aiming for. At times like this, you get a "And now what?" sort of pause. Do I go right back to the novel I was working on? Do I edit the shorts and send them somewhere in the vain hope of selling them to an ever-shrinking short story market? Do I just delete the files from my jump drive and let them disappear into the ether?
Oh, decisions, decisions.
Add to that the pending disaster that will be my real-life housing relocation and my attendance of two cons this month and you can see that focus will be a running issue for a while.
So, if my posts aren't exactly cogent and thoughtful, please be patient.
Monday, July 02, 2007
Tada!
I'm back!
Yes, yes. I've been quite remiss in my blogging duties but, honestly, it's not like anyone missed me. Ergo, no blood, no foul.
Updates. I love updates.
Current bibliography:
Short Stories:
Firebird and Shadow in Something Magic This Way Comes, Tekno/DAW anthology, March 2008
My Girlfriend Fate in Fate Fantastic, Tekno/DAW anthology, November 2007, available for pre-order on Amazon and other places.
Kyri's Gauntlet in Under Cover of Darkness, Tekno/DAW anthology, currently available.
Hell Forge in Illuminated Manuscript, Double Dragon E-book anthology, currently available.
I am also currently writing the script for Technosaurs, a web comic originally created by Kevin Wasden. At Kevin's art page, you'll find samples of the art he created for my stories My Girlfriend Fate and Kyri's Gauntlet. The name of the Kyri's Gauntlet piece is "Isolation", btw. The MGF art has been turned into promo material available from Cafe Press.
I will be attending two conventions as a panelist in July of 2007: InConjunction in Indianapolis, Indiana and LibertyCon (which is kind of like the de facto Baen con) in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
As for writing, I just finished a pair of stories trying to get into Dan Hoyt's "Better Off Undead" anthology, but they both came out too long and off topic from what he wanted. Que Cera. Now I'll be shifting my focus back onto my novel Recall and trying to drive that forward. At least until I get invited to another anthology (not holding my breath, obviously).
Reading-wise, finished Scalzi's Last Colony. I more or less like Scalzi's style and this last effort obviously got more attention copyediting-wise, so it was easier to enjoy. He's also not overtly moonbatty, which is a plus for this field in my opinion. You can tell that he's no Heinlein views-wise, but he's not such a leftist nimrod that he has to climb on his box and scream it at you throughout his screed like a bunch of other - much lesser - writers I could name. So, it made for an enjoyable pseudo-mil SF read.
The way Scalzi's trendy "the establishment is evil" views were presented reminded me of Butcher slipping in his "aw, pagans aren't so bad. They're just oppressed by fat white male Christian fundamentalists" sermon in his last book, White Knight. Yeah, I saw it, but it was only mildly irritating instead of being a full-on creepy flake-out like I've seen by some folks.
Compared to the hate-filled far-right paranoic opening of Kratman's A State of Disobedience, both books are paragons of temperance, for which I am duly grateful. I read (and write) speculative fiction for entertainment, not to be preached at by the religions of either the Right or the Left.
Now I'm just biding my time waiting for Elizabeth Moon to finish up her Vatta series and for more Dave Freer to hit the shelves. I'm sure something else will present itself either on the shelves or via Baen's release schedule in the meantime. It always does.
Yes, yes. I've been quite remiss in my blogging duties but, honestly, it's not like anyone missed me. Ergo, no blood, no foul.
Updates. I love updates.
Current bibliography:
Short Stories:
Firebird and Shadow in Something Magic This Way Comes, Tekno/DAW anthology, March 2008
My Girlfriend Fate in Fate Fantastic, Tekno/DAW anthology, November 2007, available for pre-order on Amazon and other places.
Kyri's Gauntlet in Under Cover of Darkness, Tekno/DAW anthology, currently available.
Hell Forge in Illuminated Manuscript, Double Dragon E-book anthology, currently available.
I am also currently writing the script for Technosaurs, a web comic originally created by Kevin Wasden. At Kevin's art page, you'll find samples of the art he created for my stories My Girlfriend Fate and Kyri's Gauntlet. The name of the Kyri's Gauntlet piece is "Isolation", btw. The MGF art has been turned into promo material available from Cafe Press.
I will be attending two conventions as a panelist in July of 2007: InConjunction in Indianapolis, Indiana and LibertyCon (which is kind of like the de facto Baen con) in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
As for writing, I just finished a pair of stories trying to get into Dan Hoyt's "Better Off Undead" anthology, but they both came out too long and off topic from what he wanted. Que Cera. Now I'll be shifting my focus back onto my novel Recall and trying to drive that forward. At least until I get invited to another anthology (not holding my breath, obviously).
Reading-wise, finished Scalzi's Last Colony. I more or less like Scalzi's style and this last effort obviously got more attention copyediting-wise, so it was easier to enjoy. He's also not overtly moonbatty, which is a plus for this field in my opinion. You can tell that he's no Heinlein views-wise, but he's not such a leftist nimrod that he has to climb on his box and scream it at you throughout his screed like a bunch of other - much lesser - writers I could name. So, it made for an enjoyable pseudo-mil SF read.
The way Scalzi's trendy "the establishment is evil" views were presented reminded me of Butcher slipping in his "aw, pagans aren't so bad. They're just oppressed by fat white male Christian fundamentalists" sermon in his last book, White Knight. Yeah, I saw it, but it was only mildly irritating instead of being a full-on creepy flake-out like I've seen by some folks.
Compared to the hate-filled far-right paranoic opening of Kratman's A State of Disobedience, both books are paragons of temperance, for which I am duly grateful. I read (and write) speculative fiction for entertainment, not to be preached at by the religions of either the Right or the Left.
Now I'm just biding my time waiting for Elizabeth Moon to finish up her Vatta series and for more Dave Freer to hit the shelves. I'm sure something else will present itself either on the shelves or via Baen's release schedule in the meantime. It always does.
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