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Science Fiction

I just sweetened the pot …

September 4, 2010

Turn out the lights, the party’s … Not so fast. What a bunch of tripe. In my last post, I offered an amazing autographed copy of  “The Windup Girl” to anyone who could find it in their hearts to donate to my Clarion cause. Several did … BEFORE I offered up the book (If you’re [...]

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What an Adventure already …

July 25, 2010

Leave it to me to announce my first interview with Adventures in Scifi Publishing (AISFP) well after it’s been downloaded nearly 1,200 times. Unfortunately, it just speaks to how busy I am in July. The AISFP gig — as well as the Clarion write-a-thon endeavor (donate, donate … more on that in a separate post [...]

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So … what’s your story? #vpxiii

October 14, 2009

“So … what’s your story?” The question Jim MacDonald posed to a great many of the students was exactly how my Viable Paradise experience began. And the double-entendre pretty much summed up my time at the exclusive week-long Science Fiction writers workshop – nothing is ever perfectly clear. Yet there were a few things that [...]

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KC’s speculative fiction scene catching fire?

August 15, 2009

Okay. Catching fire may be as a dear friend of mind would say, “Now, that’s a bold statement.” But the speculative fiction scene in Kansas City is definitely heating up. Don’t get me wrong, the support for speculative fiction has been solid in Kansas City and the surrounding areas for some time. The Kansas City [...]

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On waiting, writing and Whatever …

July 2, 2009

While I nervously wait to hear whether I’m accepted into Viable Paradise, I thought I’d finally report on my late-May ConQuest 40 adventure. (Because, afterall, I’m late with this having been focused on getting my VP application in.) I enjoyed seeing the ever-entertaining John Scalzi (as well as hear all his ruminations on how we [...]

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