Here is a link to a reading I did a few weeks ago at Prospero's Books in Kansas City. My son video'd it for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_tL8R7hP3Y

peeking out from under my LJ rock to let you know that my novel, Shapers' Veil, has been accepted for publication by Hadley Rille Books. Yay! OK going back into my shell now -- thanks for all the inspiring posts!

See you at Campbell Conference!

I submitted a poem to a local magazine today. I wrote it a long time ago, but never submitted it anywhere until now.

Well, chapter 43 is finally fixed. Kawi is reunited with his friends after a period of captivity. There was a lot of cutting and pasting, re-arranging and re-visualizing. I don't know that I can put a word count on it. I had tried to touch on several issues in the same chapter but decided to focus on one issue with more depth ( Read more... )

Wrote 750 words in a project to shore up the climax of my novel, Shapers' Veil.

held this weekend at Longview Community College, Friday and Saturday 10 am to 7 pm.  I'll be doing a reading there Friday at 4:30 pm ( Read more... )

I spent last weekend at the Campbell Conference at the University of Kansas.  There were writers there from all over the US as well as Britain, Canada and Israel. I met some great people. Mainly I sat back and tried to absorb the genius of the luminaries through my pores.  I shook James Gunn's hand every chance I could ( Read more... )

Sunday Chris dug my car out of the snow. It had a flat tire, so I stayed home and took a nap.

I am letting the current draft of my story rest for a few days (fermenting?) before I look at it again.

Making some progress - after four weeks of chiropractic I am taking half the painkillers I had been. More and more the pain subsides to mere annoyance. I have added pads and pillows of various shapes to all my seating, office chair, car seat, etc. to keep my spine supported correctly. With the advent of spring I hope to get out and get more ( Read more... )