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Haven’t updated this page in a while – no news on the writing front. But plenty of my friends are doing great – look forward to out Maggie Ronald’s Spiral Hunt and N. K. Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. Both are great fantasies — Maggie’s is a modern-day fantasy/mystery set in Boston, Nora’s an epic set in a world full of gods and intrigue. Both are great.

Riomancy: the compulsive checking of one’s Amazon ranking in an attempt to learn one’s fortune.

Jo Walton published a piece on her LiveJournal about how to generate realistic fantasy words. Once upon a time she had a program to do it, and suggested that perhaps someone might want to implement the same algorithm in a web-friendly way.

Presenting: The Fantasy Name Generator. It ain’t pretty and I’m not sure I’ve really captured Ms. Walton’s intent, but it works and is kind of interesting.

The first review’s already in, at The Fix.

Alex Cohen’s recipe for a lighthearted mystery is to start with an Egyptian setting, mix in a couple of scenes from history, add a mummy and a murder, and spice it up with a little romance. The result? A tasty little treat called “The Rising” (double entendre intended). Although on the predictable side (and a bit unbelievable on the romance side, but then what love-for-the-ages tale isn’t?) I still found the end result to be a flavorful addition to this issue. Not a meal unto itself, but a fairly entertaining appetizer.

Can’t really argue with that, although I never really thought of the story as a “mystery.”

Issue 33 of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine is now available for purchase. It includes “The Rising,” the very first story I wrote and the first to appear in print. (It’s actually the second story that I sold, though.)

Buy ASIM #33 in PDF.
Buy ASIM #33 in print.

I started this blog a long time ago for my writerly public persona, but it hasn’t been particularly public, so I haven’t had much to say. My first story is coming out shortly, though, so I thought I’d start things up again. See you soon!