Recently, I was asked to write a short piece about what science fiction means to me for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. I did and they published it the weekend of Archon 33, October 4th. Not that anything was wrong with … Continue reading
Here’s a picture from our just past Celebration of the Book, at Stephens College, Columbia, MO, October 10th. Shown is our special guest, Margaret Sayers Peden, who lives in Columbia and is a Spanish language translator. If you are a … Continue reading
What follows is an old post from my original website, back in 2005. I’m reposting it because of a revisitation. Yesterday I had a knock on the door and there were a couple of people from some small church, spreading … Continue reading
Hard to believe it’s mid-October already. Last weekend I was in Columbia, MO, for the MCB annual Celebration. I’ve talked about this before—History and Fiction: Dueling Narratives—and all I’ll add here is that the programming for the day was marvelous. … Continue reading
I’m feeling kind of antic this morning, so I thought I’d play a little fantasy game. Most writers, whether they admit it or not, indulge in a game of imagining who would play what part in films from their books. … Continue reading
Another very old image. Found this, much to my surprise and pleasure, in a box through which I was searching for something else entirely. This is Blitzen, my first dog. As a kid, my only dog. Blitzen was a shepherd-collie … Continue reading
I’m pretty lucky. No, I don’t believe in luck, unless it’s the ability to recognize the confluence of circumstances that result in specific outcomes, good or bad (hence bad luck), and thus act upon the result. Luck is a description … Continue reading