My print copy of Space and Time Magazine #110 arrived on Friday, and I finally got to see my story–my words–in print.
I know this may seem goofy, but this was my first sale and first time in paper and I couldn’t get enough of it. All day long I would walk past it and just [...]
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March 6, 2010
In Print!
February 17, 2010
The Hungry Wind
The Spring 2010 issue of Space and Time Magazine hits the stands today, containing the first story I sold and the first one published in print: “The Hungry Wind.”
“The Hungry Wind” was accepted in December of 2008 but didn’t get into the publication schedule until now. So while it is appearing after “Monster in the Mountains,” [...]
February 14, 2010
My Brain is Full: Boskone 2010
I spent the weekend at Boskone, a science fiction conference in Boston. I haven’t been to a conference in years. In the old days, cons were places I went to party and browse the dealer room, look at cool stuff and interesting people, and to hang out with friends. I found it fascinating how my [...]
January 25, 2010
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly – Issue 3
The third issue of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly hit the internet last week. You may recall, that they published my story, “Monster in the Mountains,” in their second issue. This issue features three new tales that keep “Monster” in good company.
“The Last of His Kind” by Bill Ward
Ward tells the story of a man who hunts [...]
January 4, 2010
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Like many, I see January 1st as a day to look back at what I’ve accomplished and look forward at commitments for the new year. January 4th, however, is my birthday, so I have always treated the time between the 1st and the 4th as a special time–as if the new year hasn’t really started [...]
December 31, 2009
Progress Report: On Not Writing
On Friday, December 18th, I wrote 1000 words. It was the first writing-related thing (aside from attending the workshop) that I did in December, and it may well be all I do. Which made me think that I should write a bit about not writing.
Every published author will tell you that the secret is to [...]
December 19, 2009
NaNoWriMo: The Experience
I’d been thinking of writing on my planning for 2010 and beyond, but a reader asked that I post something on “the process” of writing during NaNoWriMo, and I agreed that might be of interest to a few folks.
One of my workshop mates recently spoke about how there are two kinds of writers
plotters — those [...]
