The misery of March continues, though we did have a brief bit of sun this morning. I slept an almost unheard of eight straight hours, then woke to unexpected, unforecast sunlight. But it was gone by 9:30 a.m., and the moldy blue-grey blanket of clouds smothered the world again. Currently, it's 40˚F, but the windchill is at 32˚F. I haven't left the ( Read more... )

Happy New Year, right?

That's what they say.

Yesterday evening, sometime just past 4:30 p.m. CaST, I finally finished Alabaster: The Good, the Bad, and the Bird. I typed the last page, and I emailed it away to my editor at Dark Horse. On November 12, 2013, well over a year ago, I was told a second miniseries had been approved (Grimmer Tales, aka ( Read more... )

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Which is to say, ten years ago today the abrupt and unexpected and baffling cancellation of Farscape was announced. Truly, one of the five or six smartest, bravest, strangest, funniest, most poignant and innovative sf/f series ever. Yes, including Doctor Who. The critics adored it. And I loved the series a decade ago, so much that I ( Read more... )