A Writing Newsbite

I’m having fun with a short story that I’m writing in response to a challenge issued to me by Ray Solberg.  In preparing for this story I got to do some research into bride prices, age of consent vs. age of marriage laws in the US, the history of James Whale’s Frankenstein films, and the [...]

More TV: “Bionic Woman” and “Life”

One word impressions:
Bionic Woman:  Ooooh!
Life:  Hmmm.
More beneath the fold.

Shaun of the Dead

Sitting home sick for the bazilliionth time this year, and now watching Shaun of the Dead for the bazillionth -1 time.  I love this film, but each time I see it I’m pretty sure I won’t catch anything new.  Each time, though, I see some new joke or subtle reference that makes me laugh even [...]

One word impressions of major premieres

One word summaries of my reactions to various premieres this season so far.
Chuck:  Meh.
Heroes, Season Two, Episode One:  Booyah!
The Big Bang Theory:  Bleah.
Journeyman:  Hmm.
Reaper:  Smirk.
More detailed reactions (with some minor spoilerage) beneath the fold.

Huzzah!

The editor at Andromeda Spaceways just sent me a preview of the artwork that will be included with "A Most Heinous Man".  I love it.  Naturally I printed up a copy and taped it onto the wall over my computer, and set it as my desktop wallpaper.  I’ll probably set it as my desktop wallpaper [...]

Daikaijuzine 3.0 is out!

Daikaijuzine 3.0 (Gamera) is out!
I’ll be posting more announcements in various parts of the world soon.

Making a Mess

I took a break from wheezing and sneezing and other assorted shenanigans to mess around with my home page (http://www.mossroot.com, for those of you reading this on one feed or another).  I was inspired by my recent good fortune with my short story "A Most Heinous Man" to try for a sort of classic horror [...]

On Selecting a Genre

I’ve decided that I want to play in the same sandbox as Charles deLint, Richelle Mead, and others that I admire, and call Solitude of the Tentacled Space Monster urban fantasy, because I can.  It is urban, of course, since it takes place in a city.  It’s not strictly horror, because although horrific things happen [...]

Writing News

Not much to report writing-wise.  I haven’t actually written much in STSM since last week; I’ve been a little busy.  However, there has been some movement on the short story front.
First, I got an email from Blood, Blade and Thruster.  They returned my manuscript unopened and unread because that particular market is folding.  This is [...]

The Problem with Hannah: Or, Learning to Love to Kill Your Babies (a rant on writing)

I got a rejection email today from a market that I had sold to before.  While I’m disappointed, of course, I’m also glad that the editor gave me a personal rejection, filled with solid suggestions for improving the story and a kind note saying that if the market did not have a strong policy against [...]

Yikes

This article from the Guardian has got to be one of the most depressing things I’ve read in a long time.  I certainly feel sympathy for these people, though it does put elements of my own life into perspective:  Life without hope: America’s child prisoners. That this article was published on a British news [...]

It’s official: I am, indeed, quite, quite mad.

As of this morning, I am officially a Municipal Liaison for National Novel Writing Month.  Fortunately, I won’t be the only one, so I won’t have to shoulder this madness on my own.
Wish me luck.

Daikaijuzine, Reloaded

I just finished rebuilding Daikaijuzine in WordPress.  There are still a few kinks to work out, and some prettifying to do, but it’s running now on a better platform, and ready for viewing.

Daikaijuzine News - 9/10/07

Daikaijuzine has apparently been targeted by that lowest form of life, the spammer.  Apparently a good deal of spam has been sent through our submissions form, and some corruption or other the the database has occurred, causing the site to break completely.
At this point I’ve done the following:

Disabled anonymous submissions; and
Restored enough of the site [...]

Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball

Even though our homeowner’s insurance will very likely cover the cost of our stolen bicycles, we went ahead and bought me a cheap bike at Target today so that I can still get to work until we get our replacement bikes.  Cheap bikes at Target are not as cheap as I remember them being; I [...]