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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
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Road Signs
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A collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories -
Thoughts from the Aerie
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Memoirs and essays on a range of topics
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Silent Interviews
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Stories about the mysterious Telepathic Guild Invisible People
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A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories The Relocation Blues
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: Writing
Book Review: The Freelancer’s Survival Guide by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
I can’t remember how it happened or what led me to it, but by fortuitous chance I came across a blog called “Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing” by Dean Wesley Smith. Every few days a new post would appear, … Continue reading
Reality Check
I set goals. Maybe you do too; I don’t know. A lot of people do and a lot of people don’t. Most of the goals that I set for myself have to do with writing. I have a full-time job … Continue reading
Savoring the Unsavory, or, the Metaphysics of the Mundane
I spent years on the road not worrying about anyone else’s schedule at all: I slept when I wanted, woke up when I wanted, stayed in one place or moved on, and so on. There were hardships, sure; you can … Continue reading
Staying Put
Since I just wrote a post about the importance of a writer getting out and seeing and experiencing life, I figured I had better balance it out with the imperative of a writer returning to the desk, planting butt in … Continue reading
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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On Exercise
Since today is one of my exercise days, I thought I would say a few words on how I exercise and why. I have to confess that until I was forty I never did any sort of sustained organized exercise. … Continue reading
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer
I had planned to write a completely different blog post today, but something that I read intervened. It was a post by an editor detailing how he got started in editing and what it was like. He described the collaborative … Continue reading
Book Review: Deep River by Shusaku Endo
While searching for the novel “Silence” by Shusaku Endo at the local library I came across one of his later novels, “Deep River”. “Silence” is better-known and considered by many to be his masterpiece; Martin Scorsese is planning to film … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, On Writing
Tagged Ganges, India, Shusaku Endo, spiritual truth, Varanasi, Writing
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A Slap in the Face
Something slapped me in the face a few days ago, and it took me a while to figure out what it was – no, I am still figuring it out. Maybe writing down my thoughts will help. Well, one obvious … Continue reading




























