Playground of a Lesser God Just in time for Halloween, I’m pleased to offer my short story, Playground of a Lesser God, online for free!...

All these months of an invisible writing website doesn’t mean that I haven’t been writing however. I have been working hard and steadily...

The folks at Metasagas Press have announced that Futuristica, Volume 1 is ready for pre-orders in all the usual formats. My story “Hu.man...

People tell me not to call myself “old,” as if denying it will change the truth of it. (My mom is still well at 97, so I have it in...

Thrilled to be included in this line-up! #anthology #sciencefiction #book #sale #BundoranPress #LazarusRisen #authors #NancySMWaldman...

Third Person Press–the indie publishing house run by Sherry D. Ramsey, Julie A. Serroul and me–is now open for novel submissions from...

#anthology #sciencefiction #collection #speculativefiction #Campbelleligible #JohnWCampbellAward #fiction #Writing #fantasy

Oh yes. That little thing called “Weekend Warrior.” This is an in-house contest run by participants of the Codex Writing...

First of all: Yay! I remembered how to construct a rudimentary html table. Some things we never forget: how to ride a bike, how to make a...

leaps and bounds 2015 was my best writing year BY FAR. *leaps and bounds* That the year was also extremely challenging on a personal...

The other day while we were taking our evening walk, he told me about a “stupid mistake” (is there any other kind?) he’d made. Then he...

Yes, there was a wedding in the middle of June which took me away for a week, but other than that, I’ve been home—even more than usual....

My indie publishing house, Third Person Press, decided to put together a ghost story anthology because we get more ghost story...

Hey, we all know it. Writers sit too much. And the longer we sit, the more we read about how damaging sitting is. It’s enough to make us...

Last year, an online acquaintance—Gary Henderson—from my Second Life writing group—The Quillians—got accepted to Viable Paradise Writer’s...

For the last week or so, I’ve been working on the novel I wrote in November during NaNoWriMo. Today I admitted to myself, that while...

As for the book itself, I’m still not sure about my title, “Plasticity.” I like it and it fits the subject matter, but it probably sells...

The thing I’m most proud of after successfully finishing NaNoWriMo is that I made no foolish pledge to blog everyday during the month....

from Astute Graphics Today, my main character showed her character. Up to now, she’s been more self-involved and confused than anything...

Today, I could not get to The Point. I planned on writing the MC’s Fateful Decision. That point at which she makes a decision that will...