Monthly Archives: May 2015

All right, the new documentary on the porn industry, “Hot Girls Wanted”, is showing up in my news feed a lot. And, as you can well imagine, there’s a goodly amount to say about it. To make my point the … Continue reading →

“Second Thoughts” was rejected! From an anthology called “Spark”. Yes, this really is good news. To see why, here is the e-mail: Thank you for sending us “Second Thoughts.” We appreciate you considering “Spark: A Creative Anthology” as a potential … Continue reading →

H/T Vox Day: Lori Coulson on May 21, 2015 at 8:38 pm said: The one thing the Hugo packet has demonstrated to me? That there are a bunch of authors out there I never want to read again, and not … Continue reading →

“Big Boys Don’t Cry” is decent, and I’m only partly through it, but I didn’t “get” “Flow”. I’m not done with it yet, but so far it just seems kind of disjointed. I suppose it has its own style that … Continue reading →

This was a very strong category. The weakest story was probably “The First Samurai”. A cool story about a samurai who kills a mountain monster, but nothing about it marked it out to me as especially memorable. I still liked … Continue reading →

*mumblemumble*I didn’t hate it, actually.*mumblemumble* I know that’s technically the politically correct thing to say, but not in the circles I frequent.

So as of right now my anthology “God, Robot” is made up of four stories, with five more on the way, which happily will bring the total up to my minimum of nine. To celebrate the good news, here is … Continue reading →

This was originally going to be titled “The Chef Makes Shit Theory”, but I decided not to use foul language in the headline. Let’s say you have a chef. He is a brilliant chef, an absolute genius. He can whip … Continue reading →

Because I love talking about myself (don’t we all?) my first post in response to the request that I write a bit about my writing became astonishingly long. So here is the short version: (Yes, this is the short version. … Continue reading →

So I’ll make official what anybody reading my not-so-cryptic posts about a sort-of-but-not-really secret project has probably figured out: I have contacted several authors about putting together a small anthology of stories about Wright’s two laws robots – a sort … Continue reading →