What is the Writing Gym?
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The Market of Magical Goods collection in print!
And in the next catching-up-on-things post, I’ve collected all the Market of Magical Goods drabbles that I used to put up on Curious Fictions, added another dozen that hadn’t been published before, and made them into a chapbook. It’s something sm…
A Friend, a Flower, and a Pineapple
A few years ago, my wife and I had a good friend who lived here in Malaysia and taught at the same school (English in the classroom next to mine). He was always good at appreciating people, being encouraging, and finding out how to meet people’s needs. His presence was a good inspiration for me […]
Another Local Radio Interview
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Another poem sold to Star*Line
As I said in my last post, I have a variety of things that happened as or just before I was away on a family vacation. Just a quick one today, but one I’m very pleased with, is that Star*Line has accepted another of my poems. “The Alien Words, Fo…
"What Passes for Eyes in Dreams and Death" in Fantasy
I’ve been traveling (and even when not traveling, pulled in a thousand directions at once), so I have several different new publications/announcements/news-type things to post about that each deserve their own post. So first, in June my story “Wh…
I Hate Airports
I briefly tried to count the number of airports I’ve been to in my 35 years and quickly gave it up as a lost cause. From dinky little regional ones, to massive, opulent international hubs, I’ve experienced it all. From unexpectedly long layovers to finding the perfect traveling meal, I’ve hit pretty much everything on […]
Music festivals and summer shenanigans…
I’ve just got back from Glastonbury – the Daddy of music festivals. Boy! It almost killed me. We must have walked 20 miles a day at LEAST! Unfortunately, I pulled a calf muscle a week before going – I could hardly walk – an old football injury recurren…
The Craft of #Writing: Fact Check Your #AI
ChatGPT is an amazing tool, but like all resources used for research in your writing, you need to recheck the information it provides. Below is an example of today’s research: Beth: Good morning. How does weightlessness in space feel? ChatGPT: Good morning! Weightlessness in space is a unique and fascinating sensation. When you are in […]
Teaching is Exhausting
Sitting here at the end of my 10th full year of teaching, I’m exhausted. Those of us who get into this career know what we’re in for; non-teachers will often make sympathetic comments about how hard it must be to be a teacher; even lots of our students are perceptive enough to see the many […]