I have a half-finished SF story that I've been picking at for years -- I love the concept (it was spawned by a discussion at a Worldcon about Chinese and Japanese characters being used for decoration without regard to their actual meaning), but for some reason I could never get the plot to gel properly ( Read more... )

And lo, I am doing the Moldavian Dance of Joy for I have just found out that my story "The Padre, the Rabbi and the Devil His Own Self" got an Honorable Mention in the 2006 Year's Best Science Fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois! Woo!

Yes, pumpkins, the fifth issue of Helix is now online at http://www.helixsf.com. This issue features a most UnUSual story by the Queen of Hamsters (and the SFWA Musketeers) Esther Friesner, as well as wonderful fiction by Brenda Clough, Eugie Foster, N.K. Jemisin, Samantha Henderson, Yoon Ha Lee and Margaret Ronald ( Read more... )

I just got my schedule ( Read more... )

Yes, it's April 1, which means that the newest issue of Helix is now available ( Read more... )

Friday 9 PM
Panel Room 1 (Sunflower - Main Programming)

Yard Dog Road Show
Come join the crew from Yard Dog Press and see what they’re up to! This panel is always great fun, though it is a little dangerous to put all of them together in one room.

Saturday 10 AM
Panel Room 3 (Mesquite)

Keeping it Short: Short Story 101Hosted by Scott Cupp, Rhonda ( Read more... )

As a writer, you quickly learn that you will not be universally loved, and you'd better get used to bad reviews and snotty comments. So all I did was giggle, really, when I did a Google search on "The Padre, The Rabbi and the Devil His Own Self," and found a decidedly flamish Usenet thread about the current issue of Helix. Among the comments was a ( Read more... )

Yes, it's now October, which means the second issue of Helix has been released, with stories by Jennifer Pelland, Peg Robinson, Terry Bisson, Jay Lake, Doranna Durgin and the irrepressible Vera Nazarian.

Oh, yeah, and my story "The Padre, the Rabbi and the Devil His Own Self" is also available. :-D

Head on over to http://www.helixsf.com and

And it looks to be a doozy ( Read more... )

Selina Rosen, owner of Yard Dog Press, just released the TOC for the latest entry in the Bubbas of the Apocalypse series, HOUSTON, WE'VE GOT BUBBAS, and she bought my story "Earl Ray and the Dusky Amazons O' the Lake" -- woot!

Even better, all the members of my writing group who submitted a story also made sales. Yay!