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(Just a note before I begin. I was so tired today! All day long it was twenty degrees or below, and there were problems with the commute, and when I finally got home, I didn’t even feel like writing. But … Continue reading →

Here is my convention schedule for the next two months. February 18th-20th, Boskone I will be at Boskone from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Here are the panels and reading I will be doing: Friday, 8 p.m., Welcome to Lovecraft’s … Continue reading →

What was wrong with me yesterday? Whatever it was, I’m clearly not right yet. I’m still completely exhausted. The problem with writing is that, like any other intense activity, it requires focus, concentration. And I just don’t seem to have … Continue reading →

I’m so sorry. It’s the sort of day when I have absolutely no thoughts, nothing at all to say. I haven’t had a chance to work on the Folkroots article, so I can’t write about that. And I have nothing … Continue reading →

It’s funny how publishing works.  My first Folkroots column hasn’t come out yet, and here I am working on my third.  My first one was about the femme fatale, my second one was about vampires, so I thought that for … Continue reading →

There are some blogs I love to read just because they’re so beautifully put together. Three of my favorites are Terri Windling’s The Drawing Board, Rima Staines’ The Hermitage, and Jen Parrish’s blog for Parrish Relics Jewelry. Somehow, I came … Continue reading →

I’ve been writing about all sorts of things related to writing. I thought I’d better write about writing itself. The title of this post comes from the J.D. Salinger short story “For Esmé – with Love and Squalor.” Have you … Continue reading →