This one is called "No Freds Allowed."  Blame Gene Wolfe. It's all his doing.

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There's a lovely essay by Ann Patchett in which she says "I don't think anyone has ever started out thinking, 'I'm picking up this cello because one day I want to be the First Cello in the Vienna Philharmonic.' Playing the cello is about learning; it's about the love of music."*

It’s funny how we acknowledge the learning curve in playing an ( Read more... )

The September 26 episode of Hour of the Wolf, featuring an interview with and reading by yours truly, is now posted for streaming at your convenience.  It includes a live reading of "The Comeuppance of Creegus Maxin" for Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's forthcoming anthology, The Beastly Bride.

http://hourwolf.com/toc.html

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This past week while my pal Robert Crais was out in San Diego teaching at Clarion, it was my very great pleasure to teach two days at the Alpha SF, Fantasy & Horror Writing Workshop held at the U of Pittsburgh-Greensburg campus. If you’re unfamiliar with Alpha, it’s a week-long intensive workshop for high school aged writers.

As with Clarion and ( Read more... )