Will it All Be ____ Quick Notes from here on in?

No! I promise! Though obviously the content has been flagging here. One major reason, is, of course:


the baby. Who has a book recommendation for you. And if you've already read it, why not review it somewhere online?

To answer the one question everyone always asks: we're getting sufficient sleep, thanks. I was never much of a sleeper anyway, as anyone who has seen my 2am tweets can attest.

I should mention that I've agreed to participate in two Kickstarter anthologies: Winter in the City, and a new one called Cars, Cards, and Carbines, which I am interested in because it's an opportunity to write some short crime fiction. The editor has a brief interview with me here. If these books sound interesting to you, please support them.

I will say that if neither of these take off, I'll turn down subsequent Kickstarter solicitations. Ones where I get paid first and publication is guaranteed, and the crowdfunding is then used for pre-orders and publicity is fine (a in Shotguns v. Cthulhu), but otherwise Kickstarting is really the pits. I'm happy to bang the drum a bit for a project if I love it, but there's a bit too much singing for one's supper involved and expected for these anthos.

Also, when I see some of the other authors lined up for these projects, I do a double take. I have no idea what my reputation is as a writer is these days, but I hope it's something other than "Generally makes his deadlines, and people read his blog so they might click through if he links to the fundraising page." I just have no idea why someone looks at my work and thinks "Great!" and then looks at some of the other authors on these tables of contents and also, apparently, thinks "Great!" and then asks us both for stories. About whom I am speaking I'll leave as an exercise for commenters below.

So there's a little desultory bit of promotion, and confession, all at once. See, my LJ is still the same, even after twelve years!