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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
Adriana’s Family
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Tag Archives: Clarion
On Rereading Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More From 27 Years of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop by Kate Wilhelm
My rereading this book is a result of my reaching out to the Clarion West community here in Seattle after moving back into the area. Personnel have changed, of course, since I attended Clarion West over forty years ago in … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, On Writing
Tagged Clarion, Clarion West, Kate Wilhelm, Storyteller, Writing
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Dangerous Visions and Again Dangerous Visions Edited by Harlan Ellison: A Perspective
Out of the blue, “Dangerous Visions” and “Again Dangerous Visions” returned to me. I had wanted to get my youngest son out of the house for a while on a Saturday, seeing that I spend so much time working at … Continue reading
Remembrances of Clarion West 1973
Contemplating the upcoming 2015 Potlatch science fiction convention, which is being held here in Seattle and is closely associated with Clarion West, calls to mind my experience at the 1973 Clarion West writer’s workshop. The amazing thing to me is … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing
Tagged Clarion, Clarion West, Clarion West 1973, Harlan Ellison, Potlatch convention, Writing, writing workshop
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Getting Out There
Writing about the brilliant novel “Matterhorn” a few days ago put me in mind of another book on war, this one nonfiction, “The Forever War” by Dexter Filkins. I read it last year, I think in spring, but some of … Continue reading
Posted in On Writing, Travel
Tagged Clarion, Dexter Filkins, The Forever War, travel, Writing
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Introduction: Where I Blog and What I Blog For
What prompted this blog was my decision to take matters into my own hands. For this I have to thank Dean Wesley Smith and his online book “Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing” and Kristine Kathryne Rusch and her online … Continue reading