I just realized that I never wrote a post yesterday, which just goes to show you how busy I’ve been this weekend. So for those who are wondering what has been keeping me so buys; or for those just looking for some new content, here following (with pictures!) some of the things keeping busy since…
I had a long day at work today. I was in the office just after 6am with the thought of trying to catch up on some things early, before I could be interrupted. Alas, that’s not how it worked out. I was recruited to a task that diverted me for more than 2-1/2 hours. That…
Roofing1 I slept better last night. The pain medicine helps. And even during the day the pain is better than it has been for the last 10 days. I’m not yet certain if the one “mosquito bite” is improving. I think it is, but I am biased. I am going to say that I am cautiously…
I had the chicken pox when I was 5 or 6 years old, some 33 or 34 years ago. It still stands out in my mind for two reasons: (1) I’d been invited to my first bowling birthday party, and then I came down with the illness and could not go. Being 5 or 6,…
Recall a few weeks back when I was the randomly-selected winner of Strange Horizons’ donation drive? Well, yesterday, my prizes arrived, the two gorgeous, hardcover volumes of Paul Cornell’s Superman: The Black Ring. And Mr. Cornell was kind enough to sign them, too: Thanks again to Strange Horizons and Paul Cornell. This was a really…
I’ve been wanting to do this for some time now, and I’ve finally got it done! I have put together an Author Index to the Vacation in the Golden Age. The index is a listing of all authors alphabetically. Indexed beneath each author is their stories or articles that have appeared in the Vacation so…
I often hear writers talking about their favorite time of day to write, their favorite coffee shop in which to write, their favorite office space or chair. But I don’t think I’ve ever heard a writer describe his or her favorite type of weather in which to write. I was thinking about this recently because I…