I started a new short story yesterday. I finished my work up a little early and didn’t want to start anything new in the last half hour of work so I wrote 1,200 words. I like what I wrote and made some changes at home while I watched TV. 1,200 words is a nice bit […]
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: September 2010
The Skylark is Closing
Monday, September 20, 2010
One by one, all the old businesses in Nyack have passed on. Nyack is now a village trendy shops and antique stores in the day. At night there are dozens of almost identical bars catering to young people. One of the last places still open that I remember from by early days in Nyack is […]
Nasty scam made it past my spam filter.
Friday, September 17, 2010
This note did not get caught by my spam filter. I’m writing this with tears in my eyes,i came down here to,England for a short vacation and i was mugged at gun point last night,at the park of the hotel where i lodged all cash,credit cards and cell were stolen off me, thank God i […]
This day in 1609
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
On September 14th, 1609 Henry Hudson was rumored to have stopped by Nyack, in his search for the Northwest Passage, not far from where I grew up. He either stopped by somewhere near the foot of Main Street or else up the River in Peekskill, NY, depending on who tells the story. He described Hook […]
Story Submissions
Monday, September 13, 2010
I got back my story from LightSpeed over the weekend. I reread the story and changed the ending. It was something I wanted to do but forgot about. I think the ending is a little better now. The main character is a 12-year-old girl with Downs Syndrome. I want to create unexpected characters and I […]
If Wishes . . .
Thursday, September 9, 2010
I finished a story today named If Wishes . . . that wound up being 6400 words. This is a long story for me. I wrote part of this last year and then started over from scratch because I didn’t like the way it started. I have learned that you can’t just start a story […]
Rockets in Space
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
From “Rocket Summer” Rocket summer. People leaned from their dripping porches and watched the reddening sky. The rocket lay on the launching field, blowing out pink clouds of fire and oven heat. The rocket stood in the cold winter morning, making summer with every breath of its mighty exhausts. The rocket made climates, and summer […]
Hugo Award Stats
Monday, September 6, 2010
As you may remember, I was trying to get people to add one of my stories to their Hugo nomination lists. I only needed 10 votes to get on the final list for consideration and 23 votes to make it all the way to the ballot. This is an incredibly low number and I could […]