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April 29, 2015
Route 66: Ruins and Ghost Towns
This entry is part of 16 in the seriesGDB & Route 66One of my favorite things aboutRoute 66 isdiscovering relics of a previous age, America’s answer to ancient ruins. Sally Sparrow: I love old things. They make me feel sad. Kathy Nightingale: What’s good about sad? Sally Sparrow: It’s happy … Continue reading
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April 23, 2015
Tyspwn or Ctesiphon
A drive problem is preventing more Route 66 updates — don’t worry, the photos aren’t lost, just presently inaccessible — so it’s background day here at the blog! Today we’re going to learn a tiny bit about the city where Saman, one of the Megistanes in So To Honor Him, … Continue reading
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April 7, 2015
Route 66: Texas
This entry is part 15 of 15 in the seriesGDB & Route 66Glenrio, as we saw on the eastern border of New Mexico, straddles the state line on an abandoned stretch of road. What shell is left of the Texas Longhorn Motel (“the First/Last Motel in Texas”) sits a few … Continue reading
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Writer Brains and Research
“Fantasy is even harder to write,” I alleged recently, “because you have to make the science work.” If the science in a story isn’t plausible — whether you actually call it science, as in hard sci-fi, or whether it’s simply background dressing or setting, as in a romance set aboard … Continue reading
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April 3, 2015
Preview: Panic Attack
I wanted to share an excerpt from a short storyI sold a few months ago. This is taken from nearthe beginning: He could not look away, could not move, could not speak . His chest was tight and his lungs constricted, and a distant part of his mind realized he … Continue reading
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March 31, 2015
Route 66: Remote 66
This entry is part 14 of 14 in the seriesGDB & Route 66As the Route 66 series continues (and we have 5 states to go!), I thought I’d share a few thematic galleries of photos which might go together well but be lost in a state-centric post. Today’s theme is … Continue reading
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March 24, 2015
Route 66: New Mexico
This entry is part 13 of 13 in the seriesGDB & Route 66Across the state line into New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment! The first major city Route 66 reaches heading east is Gallup, immortalized in Bobby Troup’sobligatory Route 66 road song. The city sits close to the Hogback, a … Continue reading
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March 23, 2015
Signing!
Remember,I’ll be signing at Robots & Rogues Bookstore in Lafayette, IN, during TippyCon, just across the street from the bookstore. That’ll be April 4, 2015, so mark your calendars! It’s a great time to pick up Con Job, a geeky murder mystery. Bonus: I may be in costume. I am … Continue reading
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March 19, 2015
Found Story Bits
Sometimes you walk away from a story in progress for a little while — in this case, because I’ve been working a lot and traveling — and you forget what you were doing. And then you come back, and you read over what you had, and you’re like, “Did I … Continue reading
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March 18, 2015
Route 66: Arizona, Part 2
This entry is part 12 of 12 in the seriesGDB & Route 66We ran west again from Winslow to pick up Meteor Crater, which was closed the night before and also was closed the last time I’d been through the area. (“Meteor Crater is closed.” Like they roll a mile-wide … Continue reading
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