My birthday is coming up. This is a Gnome Press 1959 edition of one of the master’s early collections. I just finished rereading this a few weeks ago. Signed copies of Heinlein books go for a couple of thousand, unless they are the copies of Friday he signed at one of the cons. He signed […]
Wanderings
Resources for Science Fiction: Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. – Ray Bradbury
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Old Newspaper Ads
Sunday, January 24, 2010
I found this site that has extracts from the New York newspapers from the middle 1700s. They are a very interesting read. Here are a couple. New York Mercury December 12, 1763 My perfidious wife Catherine, by her disobedient and incontinent behavior towards me, hath obliged me in justice to my honor and fortune, to […]
Samuel Johnson Rejection
Sunday, January 24, 2010
I had a story rejected this weekend and I felt bad about it until I read this rejection that the famous Samuel Johnson once penned: “I am in the smallest room of my house, and your manuscript is before me. Soon it shall be behind me.” Now that’s harsh.
Nyack Snap – Squirrel of Nyack is back
Sunday, January 24, 2010
I used to watch Squirrel’s blog for pictures of my home town. The blog seemed to be abandoned. Now Squirrel is back with a new blog. Nyack Snap – photos of Nyack, NY.
Last Chance for the Hugo Awards
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Time is running out to gain eligibility to nominate for the Hugo Awards! Nominations must be received by 13 March 2010. In order to participate, you must have purchased an Aussiecon 4 membership by 31 January 2010 or have been a member of the 2009 Worldcon, Anticipation. More information is available at http://www.aussiecon4.org.au/index.php?page=66 Vote for […]
Bad Weekend
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Continuing the theme of this weekend, after a night where I was unable to sleep, I received a reject on my robot detective story. I guess the world is not ready for a robot detective. I will trunk it for another 5 years. I am closing down Freenameastar. I’ll keep it open until next Saturday […]
Goodbye FreeNameAStar.com
Saturday, January 23, 2010
I got a takedown order today for this site from the competition that charges big bucks for something I gave away for free. I’ll be shutting down operations.
Waiting on Story – The suspense is killing me
Friday, January 22, 2010
I’ve had a story out a venue for 35 days, now. The magazine reports on the average of 36 days. They have an edition coming out on February first. As Jim’s mother used to say, “I am walking on thin eggs”. This story is one that I wrote 5 years ago and only submitted a […]