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2015 – Running to Stand Still

This has been a weird writing year for me. I’ve written only a couple of new short stories. One of them pitted Vikings against not western monks but Shaolin Monks, and not just any Shaolin monks but Elder One worshiping … Continue reading →

Insomnia leprechauns

A few months ago I posted one of my flash fiction stories for the Korea writing group. We still meet and we still write but the rules have changed. Now we write at the meeting, by picking two words at … Continue reading →

My First Book Signing

I blogged over at the travel blog some of the highlights of teaching ESL to Buddhists for the last year. But I didn’t mention that when some of the students found out I was a writer, they actually looked up … Continue reading →

What’s in a Title?

I spent some of this autumn reading slush for one of the big fantasy ‘zines. It was overall a great experience.  I really enjoyed reading the stories, both because I like stories and also because it was interesting to be … Continue reading →

Defending Alexander?: Plutarch’s Biography and its Purpose

The aims of the modern historian were not necessarily shared by the ancient.  Values change and the modern emphasis on objectivity and impartiality—which in itself is an impartial desire—was for many Roman historians replaced by an emphasis on morality and … Continue reading →

Role-Playing Games

I have spent a lot of my available time and creative energy the last couple months working on a new RPG supplement. It’s in the OSR tradition and is in a crazy new world that does some whack meta stuff. … Continue reading →

Animation Recommendations

I have to admit that a lot of popular animations I am not super fond of. (For instance I don’t really like anything by Pixar, never got into Avatar/Kora, and don’t much fancy Shrek or How to Train Your Dragon.) … Continue reading →

The R word

I got this rejection today. Hi, Ahimsa, This story did not meet our criteria. There are markets that publish stories involving rape and rape-like subject matter. We are not one of them. Regards, I was quite surprised. My first thought: … Continue reading →

Trolls

I recently joined a spec fic writing group here in Korea and one fun thing they do is assign three random words (a character, an object, and an adjective) and at the next meeting we come back with a 500+ … Continue reading →

Bricks of the Dead Review

Reviews. Writers like Neil Gaiman could take a poo and win an award for it, not to mention garner rave reviews, but for I think for new writers especially, reviews are often awaited with some trepidation. Of course you hope … Continue reading →