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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
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: publishing
The Dark Night of a Writer’s Soul (Revisited in Light of the Pandemic)
Recently I wrote an essay called “The Great Opportunity, or, Turning Lemons into Lemonade During a Pandemic.” In it, I encouraged those who were isolating themselves while avoiding exposure to the coronavirus to develop their creativity by writing, painting, sculpting, … Continue reading
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Tagged contemplation, creativity, meditation, New Seeds of Contemplation, pandemic, publishing, rejection, Thomas Merton, Writing
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Book Review: Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst by W.A. Swanberg; Introduction
This is one of those books that is going to compel me to write a review in multiple sections. The inspiration to read Citizen Hearst came to me as I was reading the science fiction novelette “Welcome to Olympus, Mr. … Continue reading
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Tagged Hearst, publishing, Pulitzer Prize, San Simeon, William Randolph Hearst
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The Egregious Practice of Charging Reading Fees
(This article first appeared on the website of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America on March 26, 2018.) I am a hybrid author, which means that I self-publish books and also publish short stories in traditional venues. Last … Continue reading
Book Review: Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living – Edited by Manjula Martin
Let’s get one thing clear from the outset: this book is not about what the title says it’s about, what the back blurb says it’s about, or what I thought it was going to be about. Finally, I thought: A … Continue reading
An Assessment of 2016
The freelancer’s life is not for the faint of heart, especially if you happen to be a single parent at the same time. Ask J.K. Rowling before Harry Potter took off. You struggle day by day to bring in enough … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing
Tagged freelance writing, life of a freelancer, publishing, Writing
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Book Review: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
I occasionally like to read books about writing, to see what other writers have to say about it. I came across this book at a Seattle Friends of the Library book sale. It was almost free so, since I had … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, On Writing
Tagged Anne Lamott, Creating Short Fiction, On Writing, publishing, Writing
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Hindsight – December 2015
I’ve gone beyond the point where I give much of a damn what other people think about what I should or should not write. I will compose straightforwardly or I will experiment as it pleases me and as the piece … Continue reading
Inclusive and Extractive Economies in Publishing
I have been reading a book on global economics, “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty” by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, and my thoughts, as always, turn to publishing. You don’t have to agree with … Continue reading
Book Review: The Ballad of Beta 2 by Samuel R. Delany
I went to a Halloween party held by a local writers group and among the festivities was a book exchange. I brought a suitably creepy Stephen King novel and came away with this one. “The Ballad of Beta 2” is … Continue reading
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Tagged Ace Double, publishing, Samuel R. Delany, The Ballad of Beta 2, Writing
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Who’s My Enemy?
The tendency of human nature is to place blame when things go wrong, or even if things don’t go as right as you would like them to. I’m not as successful as I’d like to be as a writer. I … Continue reading