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"Within you burns a flame which has been passed from generations uncounted, and its heat is a constant irritation to your spirit to become better than you are, and you will."

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Nebula junk

It has been brought to my attention that Nebula nomination season is upon us. I have 4 items eligible for Nebula consideration:

1) “The Hag Queen’s Curse,” a short story which appeared in Realms of Fantasy. (By the way, this story was kindly called out by Rich Horton in his 2010 Year End Summary)

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November 22nd, 2010 | Category: Short Stories, The Native Star | 7 comments

Haunted Legends Coming in September

So as it happens I’ll have TWO books with my name on them hitting the shelves in September: THE NATIVE STAR and HAUNTED LEGENDS. I’ve blathered on quite sufficient about the former (though, believe me, you’ll hear more in the weeks to come … much more …) but I haven’t said a whole lot [...]

June 21st, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Short Stories, The Native Star | 10 comments

Back from FLA

I’m home in Oregon, where it’s a lovely a balmy 70ish with no humidity. Perfect weather. Florida is beautiful, and the beaches are to die for, but 95 degrees and 100% humidity? No thanks. Not for this big girl.

Regular readers of this little thing I like to call a blog may remember that [...]

May 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Appearances, Day Job, Marketing, Publishing, Short Stories, Writing | 4 comments

Hellzapoppin'!

That’s what my life feels like at the moment. A bit of Hell, lots poppin’, and an exclamation point at the end. Let’s see, what’s going on:

1) “Felix” has taken over our house. Seriously, I’ve never seen a moggy make himself more at home more quickly than Felix (we settled on “Felix” because [...]

February 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Community, Family, Felix the Stray, Friends, Marketing, Pets, Podcasting, Short Stories, Writing | 4 comments

Mandatory Nebula Post

The authorities have notified me, via certified mail delivered by a jackbooted thug with shifty eyes, that I must let folks know what work I have available for this year’s Nebula consideration. Believe me, this is only the bayonette pressing between my shoulderblades talking.

1) Novelette, “The Warlock and the Man of the Word”, [...]

November 16th, 2009 | Category: Awards, Publishing, Short Stories, Writing | 10 comments