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Pro writers and editors over at www.sff.net continue to have a good time with my small tale, sharing their own exploits with death threats, extortion, marriage offers, hate mail, and more. Such letters are considered badges of honor. In fact, it was roundly lamented that so much hate mail is unimaginitive and sad. [...]

So I opened the files. This is the best photo. Honestly. Why bother? I think I would have preferred the artful arrangement alongside a nice hot fresh doggie dump. With a better written email. If you want to be snarky-mean, don’t be snarky-dumb, people. That’s the [...]

It’s been REALLY busy. The holidays. A cold. A book that just won’t STOP because the final action scene is unbelievably AWESOME.
I wasn’t going to post about this, but, at the encouragement of my ever-curious buddy Lou Anders, here we go. Following is my email to Lou. I’ll try to [...]

It’s crunch time. My deadline approacheth! I’m very happy with the plot, the characters, the surprises, the losses and the victories… but I’ve still got to write the epilogue and do a TRUCKLOAD of editing. So I’ve given up exercise and shaving, much less wrapping Xmas presents. Or buying them. Screw you guys! I’VE GOT [...]

Well, sort of. Here’s the first draft of the second map set to run in the front of the book. With corrections. If you click on it here at Ketchup, I believe a larger size image will pop up for close, eagle-eyed scrutiny.
What’s happening here? “Motor Pool.” “Fences.” “Ruth’s Hut.” It’s a mystery. A [...]

This is no surprise to anyone, ha ha, but in particular I mean that I have a problem with this giant beast of a book. As of today, I have a 500 page manuscript with still the final chapter and an epilogue to write. This is very bad. My editor and my [...]

Here’s a freaky book trailer for The Living Dead, a new anthology edited by my friend and sometime collaborater John Joseph Adams, a.k.a. “The Slush God” and one of the brains over at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
It’s been a veeeery busy week and it’s only Tuesday! I’m into the final [...]