I was talking to a friend of mine the other night about the struggle of being an artist while still being able to pay rent and eat—and it IS a struggle for many. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not comparing this struggle with that of, say, a soldier in a bunker getting shot at. What […]
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Here’s a thought for the day: given energy and intent, looking inwards can often be the best crucible you have, if only you’ll look with enough honesty to burn away the slag of your past. It means searing everything you’ve ever heard, done, said, and learned with as much intense observational heat as you can
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The time has come for me to start working to get the word out. I’ve accumulated a fair body of work, and enough of it is steampunk for me to justifiably begin wheedling my way into the blogs and sites and media that are devoted in part of full to the steampunk sub-genre and movement.
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I received a bit of good news today. In fact, it was a double-barrel shot of good news. Rebecca Buchanan, an editor over at NeosAlexandria for whom I’d written a story for last year, asked me recently to contribute to her next anthology entitled The Shining Cities: An Anthology of Pagan Science Fiction. It was
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I’m not an idiot—although there are those who would argue the point—and I like to consider myself a marginally thoughtful human being. I’m also not an economist, but as a thoughtful human being I sometimes have to wonder at the sorts of things we blindly excuse under the paradigm that business refers to as “supply
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For the Allen sayeth, covet not the trappings of the physical world. Cherish the intangibles… the internals. Except maybe a really nice banana, you know, when it’s just at that perfect moment of ripeness… the kind that hasn’t been gassed with nitrogen by the vendor. Or a perfect cookie, or even a really fresh piece of
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Let me begin by giving thanks to David Boop for arranging this. Tonight I’ll be recording my first interview, and it’s with the guys at The Book Cave. Arthur Sippo and Ric Croxton will be talking to me, David Boop and Peter J. Wacks regarding Penny Dread Tales Volume Two. I’m anxious and nervous and excited. What’s
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I’ve been making some minor inroads with “Chemical Burn” and have been pleased with the sales that have come in thus far. It’s time to start getting the novel in front of reviewers and prepare to take my licks. This will be my first time to have my work reviewed by people who don’t know
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