Happy almost Valentine’s Day! Somehow I blinked, and it was Feb. 11 and I hadn’t sent out a newsletter yet. Who’s running this show? Those responsible will be sacked – oh yeah, that was me. As you can tell by the seriously-delayed newsletter, the semester is rolling. Three of my four classes are working on…
Tag: travel
October-November Linkspam
October was a blast, or at least it must have been, because I hardly remember it! Somehow each year there’s a month that just sort of disappears in a melee of overbookedness, and it’s usually October. That’s why you’re getting two months’ worth of schtuff at once! This is my favorite time of the year. I…
AWP, you do it to me every time
In two weeks, I will attend my third AWP conference, this time in Los Angeles. I was spoiled last year by the choice of a very inexpensive Midwestern city within driving distance of home; this year it will set me back more than my rent. Gulp. But this is my first year as a presenter…
October 2024: This newsletter was not created by AI
It seems everywhere I go, I’m plagued with AI. Cribbing term papers is not a new invention; since the first teacher scratched out the first assignment on a stone tablet, Krog and Ug were sneaking peeks at each other’s slate. But AI has taken avoiding the work of writing to a new, shiny level, and…
August linkspam: Back to school even though it’s summer
When I was a kid in Massachusetts, school started after Labor Day. I was floored when my family moved to Baltimore, where classes began at the end of August, and then to Tennessee, where school inexplicably opened by the middle of August and where did my summer go? I have friends whose kids are now…
March 2024 Linkspam: Return to the swamp
In the late 2000s, I wrote a media tie-in novel titled Dreadmire. It was a dark fantasy adventure tied to a d20 RPG published by Spellbinder Games, sourcebook by Randy Richards. The medievalesque high fantasy Randy created was inspired by the ecology and culture of the Louisiana bayous, and I found it a fascinating setting. I…
New items in the store!
First: We are about to stock copies of parABnormal Magazine, December 2023 edition, which includes an original short story by moi. We only have a small quantity coming in and likely won’t be available for long, so if you want one, you might want to snag it soon! Click here to order. Also, the site…
September 2023 linkspam
The image above was a sign on the wall of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta, one of the five host hotels for Dragoncon. I was delighted to return to Dragoncon after an absence of eight years, which was just long enough to remember where the food court is, and completely forget which level you…
Fall Deathmarch (a.k.a. tour)
Excuse me, meme. We prefer the term “geeks.” Semantics aside (and I’m always up for semantics!) I’m off to sunny Atlanta for Dragoncon! It’s great to be returning after many years away – I think my last DC was 2015? My reading is at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Hyatt Marietta, and I hope you’ll come….
July 2023 Linkspam
The Summer of Job Hunting has definitely been a challenge to my patience and stress management, on a number of levels. But that isn’t to say I’ve been sitting around my living room breathing into a paper bag, either! June kicked off with the long-awaited Paris trip, which was an amazing experience happily shared with…