Monthly Archives: July 2005

…and another.

7/31/2005 – 2:59 pm

Sent out another story yesterday, this time to a small market called, “The Transdimensional Horror Express.” They have a werewolf issue coming out in October and I have a werewolf…er, werebear story in my archives. The magazine looks like a lot of fun and, curiously, is on shelves in the UK and Germany. I don’t [...]

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Another One Shipped

7/29/2005 – 12:53 pm

I sent F&SF my latest story today. The good folks from Clarion who read it and gave me feedback all pretty much said it was a pleasing read but didn’t have any conflict or tension. Instead of rewriting the whole thing I just added a few sentences to make the immediate situation a bit more [...]

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Creating Conflict Where None Exists

7/28/2005 – 9:58 pm

You know, I’ve dated girls who were masters of creating conflict where none existed. Where are they when I need help on the story I’m working on?

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Bears

7/28/2005 – 9:31 am

I like bears. A lot. They just seem to know what’s up. I’ve only ever seen two bears in my life (not including a zoo) and I was in a car both times. I found this video of a Montana bear falling from a tree onto a trampoline to be mildly horrifying although I get [...]

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We Are Tired of the Tune

7/27/2005 – 8:13 am

Inoculated City by the Clash The soldier boy, for his soliders pay, Obeys the sergeant-at-arms, whatever he says The sergeant will, for his seargent’s pay, Obey the general order of the battle play The generals bow to the government Obey the charge–”You must not relent” What of the neighbors and the prophets in bars? What [...]

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Has It Really Been Almost a Week Since I Last Posted?

7/26/2005 – 9:42 am

Still recuperating from our trip this weekend to the Porcupine Mountains in the U.P. It’s about 6.5 hours virtually straight north of Madison and you just keep driving until you hit Lake Superior. Then you take a left. We hiked out three miles to our backcountry, rustic cabin only to discover that the folks in [...]

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How to Make Spam Even Worse

7/20/2005 – 9:13 am

There is quite possibly nothing more evil than a spam attack when you’re waiting for responses to an e-sub. I have an email address I use exclusively for writing (e-submissions, queries, follow-ups, etc.) and for this blog. I currently moderate each comment (if you’ve ever tried posting a response to this site you’ll notice that [...]

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Madrid Strolls, I Wait

7/19/2005 – 10:08 am

Sigi Schmidt smokes crack. That’s the only way to explain his comment that L.A. Galaxy players like Tyronne Marshall were still scrapping, even in injury time, to maybe score a goal and steal a draw or even a win against Real Madrid. Um…the scoreboard said 2-0 to Madrid in the 93rd minute. The Galaxy had [...]

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Soccer Saturday

7/17/2005 – 7:04 am

Yesterday was great for footie. The Crew and the Fire played to an entertaining 1-1 draw on ESPN2 and both goals were out of this world, really high quality stuff. It always kills me when the nationally broadcast games are poor but this one featured lots of one-touch passing, counter-attacking, and guys just taking players [...]

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34 Days

7/15/2005 – 5:40 pm

Real Player is telling me that I could start listening to my digital music collection for over a month (24 hours a day) and never hear the same song (or perhaps the same version of the same song) twice. 818 hours, 26 minutes, and 48 seconds of music to be precise. That’s not including some [...]

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