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The Making War update
A few pieces of news about The Making War, which is scheduled to come out in October from Wordfire Press: I got a great blurb from my good friend Jim Van Pelt, who is -- IMHO -- one of our very best short story writers alive and working today. He said, "The Making...
New Website Design
Every once in awhile even an old and decent design needs an update. I'm happy to be able to show off the new website. if you have time, take a look and give me feedback. Thanks to Rie Levinzon for giving it a facelift. Also, newsletter coming soon -- sign up if you...
Story in Current Futures: A Sci-Fi Ocean Anthology
I'm really proud to have a story in here. Some important things to know: The stories are positive future stories about our challenged oceans They are written by authors from all around the world All of the authors are women! Back to New page ...
Brief recent publication update
I've been very busy, and using social media more than the website to update readers, but decided I should drop by here and leave a few notes... Most recent book: The 10th Anniversary edition of Wings of Creation came out this spring. I love the cover! These editions...
Orycon Schedule – Orycon 40!
I'll be at Orycon November 9-11 at the Red Lion hotel in Jantzen Beach, in Portland, Oregon. Friday, November 9 5:00 PM: Must Reads for the Environmentally Aware - Overton Room 7:00 PM: Writer Retreats - Pettygrove Saturday, November 10 10:00 AM: Artificial People in...
Fire and Water…Musings on Climate and Governance
This post is a lightly-edited version of one that went out in my newsletter. If you like it, please consider signing up. I send out about ten newsletters a year. They include posts like this, reading recommendations, and sometimes some of my writing. My son just...
Reading Recommendation: Overstory, by Richard Powers
Every once in a while, a book's ideas and presentation will wake me from sound sleep and make me fumble out of bed and grab coffee at an odd hour. This does not happen often anymore; as a writer I am often ever-so-slightly distanced by being able to see the bones of...
Norwescon Schedule
Friday Genetic Manipulation and Made-to Order Species: Biotech in SF 10:00am - 11:00am @ Cascade 10 Brenda Cooper (M), Nancy Kress, K. C. Alexander, Fonda Lee Futurism 101 11:00am - 12:00pm @ Cascade 9 Peter N. Glaskowsky (M), Brenda Cooper, PJ Manney Speculative...
A Year Without a Winter
I’m really excited to share some news. If you read my newsletter, you heard this story. If you don't, and you want new stories about once a month, you can sign up here. Here's my news…..I finished my first-ever work as a fiction editor. This project, the anthology A...
Some Tales for the Holidays
Last night, mom and dad and I sat in a favorite restaurant in Mesa, Arizona, and swapped holiday stories while a musician sang a mix of holiday, country, old folk, and hippie songs. The songs were full of the past, and prompted me to ask my parents about their...
Wow, this really is beautiful. An amazing find of an essay by the 13-year-old Ruth Bader, from Brooklyn 1946, w/words that still resonate powerfully today: https://twitter.com/RuthanneDeutsch/status/1307329522312916994
Beautiful remembrance. https://reason.com/2020/09/18/rbg-r-i-p/?fbclid=IwAR3vdeuTplyCpZgk4E5nkCkRZn2nMDa9yO1fYBwUJInGrJ9AytZyhP2cQAo
We have lost a giant in the history of our nation with the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
It is heartbreaking that in her final moments she was, as are many others, preoccupied with what would happen after her passing.
I want to make one thing clear: we can, and must, fight. https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/1307101950115229696
Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: "My most fervent wish is that i I will not be replaced until a new president is installed." https://trib.al/2q7vg0g
You do not need to, nor should you, ignore your fears - there is plenty to be afraid of - but we have possibilities before us.
We can win, we can succeed, but we cannot do it alone. We will need the people.
We must get to work.
Everyone matters.
Everyone has something to give.