The dreadful cold was alleviated a bit, in my heart, when the fully-signed contract and check for a short story I wrote arrived in the mail. The publishers plan to launch the anthology at Balticon in May, which is probably too far for me to travel, but I'm still delighted. This anthology has been in the works for quite a while now (long enough ( Read more... )

My partner's been calling this "the story of the little tomato that could".

Last year, I tried starting some old heirloom tomato seeds indoors in a large pot in mid-spring.  They weren't having any of it.  But the pot was right next to some other plants, so I let habit take over and kept watering it.  Mid-summer, one lonely little tomato seedling ( Read more... )