And now, a follow-up to my earlier story “To Cruise Or Not To Cruise,” which was commissioned by one of my very generous Write-a-Thon sponsors in hopes of convincing his girlfriend to go on a particular cruise with him. She,…
Year: 2011
How I Spent My Labor Day
DeeAnn and I had some tough decisions to make yesterday. I wanted to make a day of it at the movies; she got to pick where we’d see the second show and, based on that, which show would be the…
SnoutCast #81: “Where’s The Game?”
In which we once again recruit Rich Bragg to answer a listener query. [ Download mp3 – 28 MB ] 00:58 – “itinerant”01:23 – listener Jessica asked about traveling for Games02:45 – Rich‘s credentials: he’s played puzzle hunts in 13…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Lightning in a Bottle”
This week’s story is based on an idea suggested by Write-a-Thon sponsor Larry and set in the same world as “Fools for Love,” and both DeeAnn and Adam liked it. So that’s all good. Read “Lightning in a Bottle” at…
SnoutCast #80: “London Spooks, Part 2”
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 –…
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…