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“Classic” Post: Dec 2004–Hannukah Bear

I first moved up to Tallahassee to be with my now-wife Ann in October of 1992. At the time, Ann’s daughter was seven years old and as accepting of the situation as she could be, most tension assuage by the fact she still saw her father on a regular basis. But I was still anxious […]

News From Finland

Tähtifantasia-award Helsinki SF Society has been giving The Tähtivaeltaja-award for the best Science Fiction book published in Finland for over 20 years. Now HSFS has started a new award called Tähtifantasia (Star Fantasy) that will be given yearly to the best translated Fantasy book published in Finland during the previous year. The winner will be […]

Fourth of July–Reading and “What He Said”

My review of Emma Bull’s Territory is up at SF Weekly. I really really enjoyed the book. And it’s an appropriate book, given its American point of view, to mention on July 4th. Equally appropriate is my friend Jeff Ford’s post about the state of democracy in our country. Have a good and safe fourth […]

“Classic” Post: Aug 2005–Lousy Last Lines

For this one, you just have to go to the entry and read the comments. Ann and I have now been here at Clarion in San Diego since Sunday. The students have been great and we’re having fun getting to know them and doing the daily cycle of workshop/exercises, individual sessions, and nightly discussion. Although […]

“Classic” Post: June 2005–Readings Gone Wrong

In honor of doing a reading at Mysterious Galaxy here in San Diego on Thursday night…I once again present my top 5 “readings gone wrong”. Jeff #5 – World Horror Convention II, 1993 My reading at the second World Horror Convention, in Nashville, Tennessee, was probably the lowest point for me of any reading. No […]

“Classic” Post: July 2004–Odd Jobs: Froggie

Back in 1998 or 1999–I’ve wiped the exact dates from my memory–I, along with two colleagues, was sent on a road trip across the state by my current employer. Our task? To document existing business rules/models at the county level for a state agency. This road trip took place over 18 weeks–every other week we […]

iPhone Watch–and the Museum of Jurassic Technology

A nice day in LA with Ann’s son, Jason, who is a casting agent. (He cast Elizabethtown and also casts NCSI.) The photos below are first from weirdos waiting in line for the iPhone in the Grove near the Farmer’s Market. And then photos from the Museum of Jurassic Technology, which was waay weird and […]

ALA Coverage on Amazon

Most of my ALA posts have now appeared on the Amazon book blog. My favorite entry, about this Mock Printz Committee. Just such wonderful enthusiasm. And, of course, you gotta have some beer at some point. Not to mention, your Literature of Idears.

“Classic” Post: July 2003–Ambergris = Florida

Readers of my Ambergris stories who do not live in Florida, or who have only visited Florida’s tourist attractions, often wonder how Florida could possibly have influenced me. In fact, the decay and proliferating fungi of Ambergris are elements also inherent to Florida. I live in Tallahassee, in the north of the state, about 45 […]

Gabe Chouinard Destroys Online Community

Gee, just days after posting this about not doing projects with Gabe, he’s deleted a whole online community called Frameshift, which featured conversations/posts from Scott Lynch, Chris Billett, and Matt Stover. Way to go, Gabe. But this is typical. When he couldn’t continue with Fantastic Metropolis, he wanted to pull the plug on it. The […]