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Vol.1, No. 1

NEW AND IMPROVED

New Owner
Writingforums.com has been purchased by a group led by Baron, for a sum that will not be named.
Along with the purchase came a renewal of the site itself, including an upgrade from an older version of the vBulletin software to the [...]

This was the week that was…busy.
I had intended to get the first few chapters of Fallen Earring written and online, and install and check out buddypress, preparatory to a outpouring of members from the New Writing Media group at ning and a corresponding exodus from writingforums.com, including myself.
Instead, I find myself as a forum moderator [...]

No, not batting practice, though my beloved Cubbies could use some. I’ve added buddypress functionality to this blog, in anticipation of the imminent death of the Gernsback Continuum, as ning is discontinuing free services, and of the exodus of folks from writingforums.com as that site’s sale appears imminent.
I don’t get along with the prospective owner. [...]

I’m no longer a wiki virgin. My first post to survive the process unedited describes the Epoch sf anthology, published in 1975. Now that I understand how the process works, there’ll likely be more articles. I won’t write about them all, I promise;)
I’m hoping to hear some good news about a job, having applied for [...]

I’ve been running a discussion group at writingforums.com for quite some time, six months or so, and, while the discussions are interesting, the format leaves a lot to be desired. Instead of creating a forum here or going through the steps of learning how to run forum software while I have other stressful activities on [...]

I’ve been unpacking book boxes at my leisure, since my bookcases didn’t make the trip down here. I know pretty much what’s in each, and so am able to pick and choose which to unpack based on what I feel like reading.
Under ordinary circumstances, I have a number of books going. One in the bedroom [...]

Another November, another NaNoWriMo novel…this was my second official year, and both novels went smoothly, way ahead of schedule. Last year’s entry, MILK, is undergoing editing and will likely be finished in the reasonably near future. It’s part of my future history arc, and I’ve been working on making that whole series internally consistent. Takes [...]

The Big Dumb Object is a science-fictional plot device, as described in the linked wiki entry. Examples would be the Ringworld, Rama, Gaea, or Jack Kirby’s Ego, the Living Planet.

I got to thinking, while driving cross-country and sucking caffeine to stay awake, about big dumb objects. More specifically, I started thinking about the planet Carcosa [...]

You might anticipate some small changes to this blog and site-namely, the addition of a book database, courtesy of the Book Collector software, which will be appended to the “sf booknerd” section, and will include all of my titles in due time. Coupled with that, I’ll be doing at least a capsule review of each.
More [...]

Having just paid the deposit on the movers and rental car, I can safely say that our move is official. On my 48th birthday, October 29, we’ll take possession of the premises in Arizona and start moving in our kit and kaboodle.
Her youngest is coming along to help with the move and to vacation for [...]