Writing Fiction in Oregon City

And I blame karindira. I was at the beach with my family, a baby mastodon, and baby elephant. I was making beds for the elephants in the sand. The mastodon was already asleep, tucked in snug as a bug, with a smooth blanket of sand over him and a regular cloth blanket propped over his wee head, but I was still in the process of digging a bed for the baby elephant when the Boy Scouts descended upon...

In an effort to loose myself from the bonds of "Naruto" (which has been the show my daughter and I watch together, but which I have grown heartily tired of, Kakashi's cuteness notwithstanding) my daughter and I have embarked on "Buffy The Vampire Slayer." We just watched Episode 1 last night. This should be fun....

Your result for The Director Who Films Your Life Test...Ingmar BergmanYour film will be 57% romantic, 23% comedy, 43% complex plot, and a $ 48 million budget.Your life will be portrayed on film as an intense psychological drama, likely with some actresses screaming at the camera (Persona), or maybe a pleasant chess game between the Grim Reaper and a Crusader (The Seventh Seal). This Swedish...

Toodle on over to Podcastle to hear K.D. Wentworth's story "Hallah Iron-Thighs and the Change of Life" read by ... ME! In my closet! On a very hot summer's day. The story first appeared in Baen's "Chicks in Chainmail" anthology, and it's one helluva romp....

Your result for The Perception Personality Image Test...HFPS - The HumanitarianHumanity, Foreground, Big Picture, and ShapeYou perceive the world with particular attention to humanity. You focus on what's in front of you (the foreground) and how that fits into the larger picture. You are also particularly drawn towards the shapes around you. Because of the value you place on humanity, you tend...

Hello from Austin in August ... though you wouldn't know it from the temperature of the rooms. Who the hell would have thought I'd need to pack a pashmina? Certainly not I, which explains my chillblains. Otherwise, this is a rockin' little con. Lots of great people, but small enough that you actually get to TALK to them and hang out. I've gotten to spend a lot of time getting to know Steven...

I'm on my way out the door tomorrow at a horrendous hour for ArmadilloCon this weekend. Here's my schedule, for anyone who's interested ... note that I'm having a reading Saturday night! I've decided that I'm going to read a selection from "The Native Star," the novel I sold to Bantam Spectra. I've never actually done a novel chunk at a reading before, so this should be interesting. And here's a...