In which we finish talking with Lisa Long about her London Game! [ Download mp3 – 20 MB ] 00:54 – Part 2: The Exciting Conclusion!01:10 – how London GC used Twitter02:03 – yet another Hogwarts Game war story02:26 –…
Month: August 2011
Friday Flash Fiction: “Act Two Problems”
I’m working on a story based on a Write-a-Thon sponsor suggestion, but I don’t quite have a handle on it yet. Meanwhile, here’s another excerpt from “Somebody’s Daughter,” the story which is going to lose the Writers of the Future…
Renovation in Words and Pictures
(TL:DR – Worldcon was lots of fun!) On Monday, DeeAnn and I returned home from our road trip to Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention. This was the first Worldcon we’d attended since Denvention in 2008, and all the…
@thedoubleclicks #portableinstrumentquest2k11
After being offline for most of tonight at Geek Trivia (during which competition no smartphone use is allowed), I caught up on Twitter and learned that two musical sisters of my recent acquaintance had undertaken an epic quest. So that…
SnoutCast #79: “London Spooks, Part 1”
What’s the deal with Cygnet LLP? Lisa Long tells us all about her London Game from July, 2011! [ Download mp3 – 22 MB ] 01:00 – “international”01:45 – a brief history of The Game in London03:50 – MBAs like…
Friday Flash Fiction: “To Cruise Or Not To Cruise”
This week’s story was inspired by: an idea from Corby, one of my Clarion Write-a-Thon sponsors; JoCo Cruise Crazy II (about which I am still undecided); my own novel-in-progress, which mostly takes place aboard an Earth-to-Mars cruise spaceship; and one…
SnoutCast #78: “Geocaching, Part 2”
The second part of our interview with Cully Long and Brett Rogers, puzzley geocachers in New York! [ Download mp3 – 21 MB ] 00:54 – the exciting conclusion!01:05 – (thanks to Larry Hosken for various things)01:45 – how is…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Question of the Day”
As noted elsewhere, the inspiration for this piece came to me in a dream. I’m still trying to figure out how to expand it into a longer story without ruining it… Read “Question of the Day” at 512 Words or…
SnoutCast #77: “Geocaching, Part 1”
This week (and next), we talk to New Yorkers Brett Rogers and Cully Long about the fascinating world of geocaching! [ Download mp3 – 22 MB ] 00:00 – teaser: a conversation with Corby01:17 – “geographic”01:30 – what is geocaching?02:45…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Kangaroo Fails”
As noted elsewhere, this week’s story is an excerpt from the novel I’m currently rewriting. So don’t worry if some things don’t completely make sense. Read “Kangaroo Fails” at 512 Words or Fewer ALSO: You still have just two days…