There is rain sheeting against my window. There are three — no, four piles of work on my desk in need of grading. Yet I’m happy. Why? Well, Dave Truesdale has published his “2007 SF & Fantasy Recommended Reading List” via Black Gate Magazine. I generally ignore these lists, but …
Any writers out there with an interest in science — hard, real, fascinating science — would do well to apply to the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop. I went last year and found it astoundingly beneficial. Application information (and other details) can be found here: http://www.launchpadworkshop.org/ A “brief history” of the …
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Last year — my first here at The Citadel — I was unceremoniously handed the faculty advisorship to The Shako, the campus “literary” magazine. There are many reasons for this, not all of them kind. One nefarious reason in particular stands out at the moment, though: the Powers That Be …
Spent most of the day writing the speech I’ll give in about a week for the induction of Robert Jordan into The South Carolina Academy of Authors. It isn’t long — just 1600 words — but it was rather difficult to say all that I wanted to say, how I …