I’m feeling all writerly today, possibly due to a few day stretch where I was unable to get any writing or editing done. (As a related aside, drivers, pay attention when you’re on the road. A car is just a slow-moving half-ton bullet. Corollary: my daughter is doing fine after getting flipped up onto the [...]
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So here we are at the end of January. I set a pretty ambitious schedule for myself this year, so let’s take a look at the scoreboard. Edits on Ink Calls to Ink are officially at the halfway point, which was my goal. I hope to finish edits in February. Part of the push to [...]
Looking Back, Looking Forward, December 2011
Posted: December 7, 2011 in Novels, Podcast, Random Geekery, Short FictionPausing on the slow decent into madness that is the holiday season, it occurs to me to take stock. Sure, 2011 isn’t over yet, but I can New Years from my window, so it’s good enough. Anything that comes up between now and then will be a pleasant surprise, the icing on the gingerbread cookie, [...]
“The tango never stops in Buenos Aires. It goes on and on and we all dance to it in our time, helplessly drawn when fate initiates the cabezazo.” — from “Father Pena’s Last Dance,” Hannah Strom-Martin Inspired by irrepressible Christine Yant, I have decided to adopt Fan Letter Sunday. And it’s largely because of this [...]
Preview of my story “Odd Jobs” from Space Tramps
Posted: September 23, 2011 in Anthologies, Short FictionMy sci-fi noir story “Odd Jobs” leads off Space Tramps: Full-Throttle Space Tales #5 which goes on sale today. I’ve already read it, and it is a fun celebration of space opera fiction. Mine is a classic tale of fringe characters with uncertain motives, deals too good to be true, revenge, and a sex bot [...]
Foolscap is coming up next weekend. If you’re not familiar with the Foolscap convention, answer these three questions: Do you like sci-fi/fantasy fiction and art? I’m not talking movies or tv, here. I mean the flat stuff. Are you a writer or artist of the above either a) just getting your foot in the door, [...]
Well lookee there! It’s a virtually extinct creature called a writing post!
Posted: September 2, 2011 in Random Geekery, Short FictionI know. I’ve been bad. Projects eating my time–and by default my brain. I haven’t even updated with a Fringe Candy post, and I have so many things to share on that topic thanks to a care package of weird candy from a fellow candy deviant. But there’s a thing that separates writers from sane [...]
This year, many of my writing compatriots winged off to Austin for World Horror Con the week after Norwescon. Not only was Joe Lansdale there one of the featured guests, it was in Austin! Of all the cities in Texas, it’s the only one I would consider going to. So I made a vow that [...]
June 2011 – State of the Nate
Posted: June 13, 2011 in Anthologies, Music, Novels, Random Geekery, Short FictionIt’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. Sounds like the perfect time for an update! Writing: I took the initiative to re-prioritize a few projects, so that bought me a bit of breathing room. I have two stories out making the rounds and one I need to revise and resubmit. I have [...]
Some people have a terrible fear of clowns. I’ve known a few of them, and I can’t deny that it provokes a strong panic reaction. I don’t understand it. But then again, they don’t understand my fear of ventriloquist dummies. (I mean, really…those little wooden bastards are just WAITING for a chance to kill you [...]
