I’ve been bushwacked by a tune.  It was a tune I hadn’t heard, or thought about, for years, most likely decades, and suddenly it’s there in my head, and I can’t make it go away. So I thought I’d pass the ear bug on to you.  Maybe you’ll take it with you when you leave. […]

Every so often I feel compelled to remind readers about Taos Toolbox, the master class for science fiction and fantasy, which will be held July 28-August 10, 2013. I will be teaching along with Nancy Kress, and with special lecturer Melinda Snodgrass. Applications will be accepted beginning December 1, 2012, which means you have six […]

I’ve been working on Cat Island, the next of the old seas stories I plan to release in ebook formats.  While I’ve generally been pleasantly surprised to read my earlier works, this is the first of the re-issues that have made me want to go through the book with a machete.  So that’s what I’m […]

Argo  does not seem to be a movie that appeals to the teenage audience.  I don’t think there was a single person under forty in the theater, and most were eligible for Social Security.  I haven’t been in an audience of so many gray-haired people since The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.  (Retirees love […]