Further proof that I am crazy, yet not the only one

If you go here, you’ll see a picture of what I did on Saturday. In thirty-something degree weather and a steady drizzle, I ran a 5K to raise money for colon cancer prevention. (You can just barely see me, in the middle, wearing a hat and green shorts. Unlike most other participants who wore their [...]

Missing

So I had a dream about Laura Roslin last night.
She was undergoing another chemo treatment, and I was just sitting with her. (Don’t ask me where the admiral was; he must have been busy.) She was rocking back and forth, and I was passing my hand across her shoulders, trying to make her feel better. [...]

Keyed up

I am a terrible procrastinator.
Actually, that’s not quite accurate. I’m a fantastic procrastinator. There is no task that I cannot put off. (I was going to post this yesterday, but I never got around to it.) The problem is that I am so easily distracted, and when it comes to writing, distraction is right at [...]

“Are you writing this down?”

Me (opening the latest issue of Glimmer Train): Hey, I just read a good story by this woman.
Mike: “Glitter Train.” That would make a good name for a collection of gay stories.
Me: No, it’s Glimmer Train.
Dad: Liver Train?
Me: (silently shaking my head)
Mike: Are you writing this down?
Me: No.
Mike: You should.

Booked

We finally booked our return flights from New Orleans, so now we’re fully booked for the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival in May. Finally, after many years, I’ll get to meet Tim and Becky and Rob in person (I don’t know if my liver will survive Rob), and there will  be new writers to meet, [...]

Sneak peak

The editor at Collective Fallout has posted an excerpt from my story, “the Visitor,” on their blog. It’ll be in their July issue, in case you’d like to check it out. (Well, of course you would. Right? Right?)

Rising Star? Me?

The kind folks at Red Room seem to think so. There’s my smiling face up there on the front page.
Mind you, it’s just one story, so I’m not about to let it go to my head. (Besides, on Battlestar Galactica isn’t the Rising Star the prison ship?) At the moment, I’m focusing more on what [...]