Story Progress and Brooding Over Word Counts and Story Lengths
1.7K words on “Rampion.” Matthew had to all but drag me away from my laptop last night to go to bed. Waist deep in the final scene, although there’s a chunk in the middle that still needs fleshing out....
View ArticleDay 40: Sine Die, Callooh! Callay!
It’s Day 40, the last day of the 2010 Georgia legislative session. O frabjous day! There were vast swaths of this year where I wasn’t sure it was ever going to come, that we were trapped in some...
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The Day After, Conventions, and Linguistic Subconscious
The morning after Day 40, and the atmosphere in my office is totally transformed. So peaceful, so quiet, so serene. ‘Course there’s hardly anyone here, but even so, it’s like a benevolent wind came and...
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OutlantaCon and “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest” on Best of Escape Pod Top...
Weekend was chok-full. fosteronfilm is working as a census taker—band-aid on our hemorrhaging finances and all—and he is neck-high in door-to-door interviews, so wasn’t able to accompany me for most of...
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Not-a-fiery-ball-of-twisted-metal (aka MARTA) and Writing Progress
This is the second day that there’s been trouble on the tracks during my daily MARTA commute. Yesterday I expected it. Every time it rains, it mucks up the works. ‘Course the usual rain-related delay...
View ArticleSmall Talk While Waiting for the Train
There’s a guy I often see on the eastbound MARTA platform in the morning who also gets off at the Georgia State station. He works in the Twin Towers (Floyd Building), which is catty-corner to the...
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View ArticleStem Cell Transplant: Day 9 (Day +2)
Now that the chemo regimen infusion is i done, I no longer need to be tethered to my IV stand. I use it as a glorified charging station. But now side effects are beginning to level up. Stomach is in a...
View ArticleStem Cell Transplant Day 32: in ICU. Breathing Hard.
In ICU with pneumonia. On oxygen and LOTS of meds. Docs don’t know what kind of pneumonia, can’t tell if I’m getting worse or better due to how one possible disease manifests. They want to do a...
View ArticleEugie K. Foster Update
Eugie Foster, author, editor, wife, died on September 27th of respiratory failure at Emory University in Atlanta. In her forty-two years, Eugie lived three lifetimes. She won the Nebula award, the...
View ArticleMemorial for Eugie Foster – Oct 12th, 5:00pm
The memorial for Eugie Foster, celebrating her life, will be on October 12th at 5pm in the Hanover room of the Hyatt in Atlanta. Everyone who has ever met her, read her work, or just knows how...
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