Dear Washington Politicians, Please do something–anything–other than worrying about how whatever “it” is will play for reelection. Your constituents would appreciate the reminder that government can do something and that we are not better off replacing our politicians with marble statues (which at this point would seem equally effective). Got that? Thanks! Most sincerely, Jamie…
Despite having fallen off the caffeine wagon back in November (after 7 years caffeine-free), I had still never tried Red Bull… until about 2 weeks ago. Driving home from Albany, New York, we stopped at a rest stop and I was feeling a bit low-energy, so I figured I’d give the Red Bull a try–and…
Reading my friend Michael A. Burstein’s post earlier today, “Thoughts: The Last Shuttle by Isaac Asimov” not only got my thinking about the end of the manned U.S. space program, but about Asimov and what he would think about the situation today. That in turn got me thinking about how much he’d written and how…
Among other things, like hanging out with the family: Installing additional memory in my MacBook so that I can Upgrade to OS X 10.7 (Lion!) Write another scene in the current short story using Scrivener 2.1 for the first time (2.1 was just released yesterday). Start writing my next Wayward Time Traveler column Read more…
Yesterday, Gollancz issued a press release describing a project in which a hundred plus science fiction author’s back-lists would be coming back into print in e-book form. They call this the SF Gateway project and by what I can tell it is an impressive list and an impressive project. As described in their press release:…
We are five weeks and one day away from the birth of the Little Miss. (It is a scheduled c-section and I’m fairly confident about the date, but things can change.) That’s a mere 36 days and as I recall from last time, these last few weeks fly by in the blink of an eye. I…
In the ordinary course of events, I read a story to the Little Man before bed. But last night was warm and muggy. The Little Man had his bath and then I chased him around the house to burn off some energy–his, not mine, although I’m not quite sure it worked out that way. By…
If you are at all a fan of books and reading, you’ve by now heard that Borders books will be liquidating their stock and closing their remaining stores. This has to be incredibly tough on the 10,000 or so employees who will be jobless at the end of this process. And yet, I felt like…
It is the best of times and worst of times. As it was put to me by a trusted writing mentor, “The window is open.” I have sold some stories. I have engaged with some editors and have had interest in other stories. All of this is good for an up-and-coming writer. The window is…
While out walking yesterday, Barry Malzberg asked me, “So what did you learn this year?” Well, I couldn’t really answer him at the time, but having given it some thought, here are ten things I learned from Readercon 22: Being a panelist can be fun. This was my first time, but I really enjoyed being…
Sunday seems to be mostly about saying goodbye to all of the wonderful people I was priveledged to hang out with. It’s kind of a sad day at a convention, watching everyone check out of the hotel and not quite knowing if you’ll have to wait a full year before you see them again. For…