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Fact meets fiction: losing a story - Tuesday, April 14th 2009 11:37 PM
One of the hazards of being a science fiction writer is the worry that your story will become obsolete--an especial concern is that it will become obsolete even before it is...
Recent Publications - Monday, December 1st 2008 9:47 PM
It's been a while since the last post, so I thought it was time to give an update.The last six weeks have been quite good for me. October 28 Farspace 1 was finally ready and was...
Open Markets - Thursday, August 21st 2008 10:33 PM
I've decided that, rather than fill up my browser bookmark list with links I'll rarely visit again (largely because they'll get lost among the mess), I will post in the Stellar...
Shelf Secrets - Monday, August 18th 2008 10:53 PM
I was just in Abingdon (near Oxford) this weekend for a one-day course on 'how to get your books into the stores' (basically). The course, called <b>Shelf...
Utility Fog Press - Monday, August 18th 2008 10:37 PM
It's been a while, but I'm back and posting. This year's been busy, with moving, house hunting and a baby and so not much time for writing. I have, however, managed to whip the...
The End of an Era - Wednesday, March 19th 2008 6:31 PM
Yes, in many way the death of science fiction author and visionary Arthur C. Clarke on Tuesday feels like the end of an era.  Along with Isaac Asimov and Carl Saga, Arthur...
Feed the world 20 grains of rice at a time - Tuesday, February 26th 2008 7:19 PM
It sounds slow, 20 grains of rice at a time, but since October 7, 2007, FreeRice has raised over 20,000,000,000 grains of rice (yep, that's over 20 billions grains).Why am I...
YouWriteOn - Tuesday, February 26th 2008 7:11 PM
I've just signed up at YouWriteOn. It's a site for writers to get helpful reviews and, perhaps, to be noticed by publishers--the top five stories of each month are sent to...
LaTeX - Monday, February 4th 2008 11:29 PM
The move is almost done and hopefully soon my routine can return to something vaguely normal (at least until April). In the meantime I'm looking into way to make the Farspace...
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award - Round 2 - Wednesday, January 30th 2008 9:42 PM
Many of you may have heard of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest but for those who haven't, basically 5000 people have submitted their novels to Amazon and the winner...
Submissions Closed - Saturday, January 5th 2008 12:44 AM
Today I officially closed submissions to the Farspace Anthology.  Now begins the work to whip it and the stories into shape.  Many of them are already there, but some...
Farspace Anthology - Monday, December 17th 2007 10:59 PM
The Farspace Anthology is nearing the end of the submission period.  It is an anthology of speculative fiction compiled from selected works submitted by authors from...
Welcome to the Stellar Blog - Friday, December 14th 2007 7:51 PM
Well, after a long while, I'm finally whipping the Stellar Garden into shape.  I've got a few novels nearing completion or in the revision stage and I thought now would be...