I wrote and posted this entry from the car, speeding down I-87. Ain’t technology grand?
R.I.P. Robert Jordan, 1948-2007
It was with great shock and sadness that I learned this morning that one of the giants of fantasy literature died yesterday, after a 2 year bout with debilitating disease. I had been following his struggle with amyloidosis on his blog for some time, but it seemed he was doing well in fighting off the […]
A Glowing Rejection
So, 8 days ago, my agent sent out 10 copies of my manuscript to the 10 major publishers that would be interested in a work of fantasy. Publishers like Del Rey, Roc, and Tor. Publishers who put out all the books I loved so much as a kid. I went down the list, and every […]
The Sleep Clinic
So, the wife says I snore sometimes, and it keeps her up. She’s been pushing me for a while to see a doctor about it, but I haven’t had a lot of luck with doctors lately (see last years entries for the full story on my phantom pain), and wasn’t terribly eager. Still, I want […]
Tracers
Recently, there has been a pretty hefty shifting in the licensing agreements of the estate of Robert E. Howard, the depression-era pulp author most famous for his character Conan the Barbarian, and, to a lesser extent, Red Sonja. Howard committed suicide in the midst of the depression and never saw the huge fame his characters […]