As I said last post, I've been busy... but fortunately it doesn't take too long to read short stories. I've read most of this year's Hugo nominees in the short story category, and enjoyed... most of them. Let's get into some quick reviews. Answerless Journey Han Song, Translated by Alex Woodend Originally Published in English …
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2024 Hugo and Nebula Awards
Welcome to Award Season everyone. Within the last fortnight the the finalists for the 2024 Hugo Awards and the 59th Nebula Awards have been announced, and it looks like another competitive pair of ballots. Here are links to both sets of final ballots: Hugo Awards: https://glasgow2024.org/hugo-awards/2024-hugo-award-finalists/ Nebula Awards: https://nebulas.sfwa.org/sfwa-announces-the-59th-nebula-awards-finalists/ I was having concerns with the …
New Story: A Short Guide to Lost Literary Works. Also I have Bluesky now.
So got some big news about a little story. And some little news about a big social media network. I'll start with the former, since that is a lot more exciting. I have managed to get a new story published in someone else's publication. 'A Short Guide to Lost Literary Works' is a flash fiction …
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Hugo Award Thoughts… both 2023 and 2024
I did say I would talk about the Hugo Nominations when the nomination statists page was released, and well... here we are. Worldcon23 dropped the data at the last possible second and damn, there is some controversy. Click here for a link to the PDF if you want to follow along. If you aren't interested …
Welcome to 2024
First week of 2024, and now that I'm all settled in it's time to talk about my plans for the year. Mostly reading and gaming plans, since writing plans are pretty much 'keep on doing what I'm doing'. Book Bingo Card First things first, I have a new Book Bingo Card for 2024. I've just …
Kinda Doing NaNoWrMo
So, I'm kinda doing NaNoWrMo this year. By that, I mean I'm hanging out on the official forums and aiming to write 50,000 words, but I am not starting a new novel. I'm continuing with my current project, a story about a little girl called Astra who lives on a deserted space colony called Amanidas …
Hugo Talk, NaNoWrMo Plans, and Holiday Sketches
Just a quick update on things happening with me. And also a look at the Hugos, though not much since I haven't really been following them this year. I could pretend to be really noble and say I was boycotting them due to China's human right's issues, but whilst that certainly turned me off, I …
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The Complete Neighbor
Hello everyone. It's been a very busy month over here, with my short story The World in a Ramen Cup coming out in Analog and my novella Neighbor going live on this website. To everyone who has discovered this site through Analog, welcome. Sit back, grab a book bingo card, read through my early attempts …
The World in a Ramen Cup
Hello everybody, I'm back with some big news that's been some time in the making. After many years of writing stories, I have finally met Stephen King's criteria for being a talented writer: “If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn't bounce, and if …
Neighbor and News
Hello friends. It's been a while since I've updated this blog, and I'm pleased to be back with some big news. And some little news. And also hints of more news to come. So, little news first. I'm on Mastodon now, and hope to make that my main social. I'm still finding my way around …
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