Monty Python and Novel Writing
I thought today, for no good reason at all, about the Novel-writing sketch by Monty Python. The “video” below is audio only, but it still gets the point across:
Small Victories
I recently received a rejection from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, for my deliberate deus ex machina tale, “At the End of Babel.” A bummer, of course, since I still think it’s a very fine piece, and I’d like to see it in print. That said, there is …
The Delight of an Evil Robot Monkey
In the absence of anything from me, why don’t you go read Mary Robinette Kowal’s Hugo-nominated short story, “Evil Robot Monkey”? Better yet, why don’t you listen to it, read by the author herself?
Works in Progress
Glenn’s recent comment on another thread reminds me that I’m overdue not only in posting new material but also in explaining the state of things on the fiction front. Gate of Hell, the sequel to the completed Shards of Heaven, is in rather fine outline, and I had started writing …