I’d like to preserve and share with you an email I sent yesterday to the DargonZine Writers’ List, in observance of the 25th anniversary of FSFnet’s founding.

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Most of you know that in 1984 I founded an Internet-based magazine for aspiring writers called DargonZine and ran it until a couple years ago. I have to say, there’s nothing quite like amateur fiction. As ably demonstrated by the following unedited passages from some of the rough drafts that ( Read more... )

So it’s been a couple weeks since the 2006 Dargon Writers’ Summit, which this year took place in Cincinnati. What follows is a highly-hacked up version of the summary I posted to our discussion list.

Typically, I’d say this posting would only be of interest to me, but you ( Read more... )

I guess it’s kinda funny that I don’t talk about DargonZine much here, since I’ve always considered DZ my life’s work. I guess I figure most people aren’t interested in the daily travails of running an Internet writing group.

But it’s been a long, long time since I last plugged the zine, and my friends list has turned over quite a bit, so I think ( Read more... )

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While the date is approximate, this is essentially the 20th anniversary of my founding of FSFnet, the electronic magazine which evolved into DargonZine. It’s by far the longest-running electronic magazine on the Internet, and its mission-to help aspiring amateur writers improve their craft-has been my real “life’s work”.

What follows is an email ( Read more... )

Sigh. The predictability hurts us.
What was your biggest accomplishment this year? Probably the thing I’m most proud of is succeeding at raising $3,555 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through my participation in this year’s Pan-Mass Challenge ride. Other noteworthy ( Read more... )

Well, it's been a few days, so I suppose it's high time to file my report on the Scotland trip.

As a reminder, I am the founder and editor of DargonZinea magazine ( Read more... )