Writing, Editing, and Various Geeky Pursuits
Oof and blurgh. I often talk about being busy, the way most people do. You know, you ask someone, "How's work?" And the answer is frequently, "Oh, crazy. I can barely keep up. And Bill in accounting replaced all the flash drives with packs of Juicy Fruit gum. Again." Okay, maybe not that last part, … Continue reading Writing/Editing Update, May Edition
April was another full month on the copyediting front, but I still managed to edit and post a new episode of Generations Geek, the podcast I do with my daughter, in which we interviewed Erin Macdonald, the science consultant for the Star Trek TV series. In pandemic news, my wife, daughter, and I got our … Continue reading Writing/Editing Update, April Edition
Before I get to the excerpt, a little backstory on how "In the Time of the Martians" came about. I entered the world of media tie-in writing in 2004, when my Star Trek story "Full Circle" was published in Strange New Worlds VII. Media tie-in writing is, of course, writing based on characters and stories from … Continue reading “In the Time of the Martians”: An Excerpt
March continued the frenzied pace of February. Some extensions were required. I hate missing deadlines, but things happen, and you just need to keep your client or your editor in the loop. A previously planned week at my mom's (after we all quarantined, of course) complicated the situation. I had to work all day, every … Continue reading Writing/Editing Update, March Edition
I've been quite busy in the short month. I've started getting my self-published stuff, previously only on the Kindle, available for the Kobo, Nook, and Apple Book platforms as well. This entailed learning to create and edit ePub files, which has gone relatively smoothly. At some point I should do a post covering all those … Continue reading Writing/Editing Update, February Edition
Oof, it's February already! I seriously don't know how that happened. But I did manage to get some things done even though the month flew by and included an insurrection! Tales of the Weird World War. The cover is finally done! Take a look at it on my website. Now that that's finally taken care … Continue reading Writing/Editing Update, January Edition
We made a family vacation out of Shore Leave 30 (remember when conventions were an actual thing?), flying in early so we could do some general tourist stuff, since only the kid and I are sci-fi geeks. On our first night in downtown Baltimore at the Inner Harbor Holiday Inn, we decided to eat at … Continue reading From the Vault: Gelatinous Pasta and Bad Mussels
Wow, not just any monthly update, it's also a year-end wrap-up. Obviously, 2020 was a brutal year on several levels, but I was productive. Over the year I submitted three short stories—"The Ghosts of Glenmirror," "The Day It Came from Beyond Outer Space," and "In the Time of the Martians"—and two essays (still secret), all … Continue reading Writing/Editing Update, December Edition
Well, November was a blur on several levels. It started with the election of a new president and ended with the old president still in denial about losing, while soaring pandemic numbers in Minnesota (and elsewhere) ruined a lot of Thanksgiving plans. In between I was working on a pile of manuscripts, on top of … Continue reading Writing/Editing Update, November Edition
For this post, I'm turning my blog over to my friend, fellow author, and occasional partner in crime, William Leisner . . . I, like Scott, am excited to be a part of Crazy 8 Press's upcoming anthology Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2021. My story, "Lost Gold and Quicksilver," is set in the barnstorming era of … Continue reading “Lost Gold and Quicksilver”: An Excerpt
