Black Static 25

Say hello to issue 25 of Black Static, folks!

On epic fantasy and bodily functions

Dear Potential Future Readers: So I'm working on this Big Fat Epic Fantasy Novel. If it ever sees the light of publishing day, then you, dear epic fantasy fan, will possibly read it. And several of you are going to raise certain complaints. I would like to preemptively address one of them now: No, it's … Continue reading On epic fantasy and bodily functions

The State of the Barb

I know I keep threatening to return to a regular blogging routine, but life seems intent on not letting that happen. Nevertheless, here's the state of me: * School is keeping me busy, but I'm enjoying it a lot more than I ever did grant writing. This whole getting my MLIS thing? Good damn decision, … Continue reading The State of the Barb

Beware the bunny!

In my last moment of resurfacing from the blogging dead, I mentioned that my twisted little flash piece "Mr. Fluffy" would soon be online in issue 5 of Untied Shoelaces of the Mind. That soon would be now. Behold yet another one of my bunnies of doom! And now, back to lots and lots of reading for … Continue reading Beware the bunny!

Signals and study and stories, oh my!

It seems I went AWOL on the blog posting front. Again. But now that I'm here, many things... SIGNALS: First, a signal boost: Say Yes to Gay YA, where authors Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith talk about an unfortunate instance of being asked to either make a gay character in their novel straight or remove the … Continue reading Signals and study and stories, oh my!

Random Summer Is Random

I'm the kind of person who likes to have some structure to my life. It can be a little bit of structure or a lot of structure, but preferably a mix. If I need to practice piano earlier in the day than usual to accommodate something that can only be done later in the day, … Continue reading Random Summer Is Random

What I Didn’t Blog About On My Summer Vacation

*taps the blog mic* Is this thing on? So, yeah, I’ve been rubbish about posting lately. Life has been consumed by a big busy combo of workshopping craziness, vacationing, trying to finish things up at Ye Olde Day Job before my last day (two more weeks!), and preparing for that whole wacky grad school thing … Continue reading What I Didn’t Blog About On My Summer Vacation

Wilde Stories 2011

Rising from the blogging dead for a brief moment of pimpage, which will be followed by a full-fledged, non-pimpage post in the next week or so. Promise. So, the pimpage: Wilde Stories 2011: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction, which includes my story "Mortis Persona," appears to be out now. The anthology includes a lot of … Continue reading Wilde Stories 2011

Odyssey: The Before and After Shots

Tomorrow I head off to the The Never-Ending Odyssey (aka TNEO), a week-long workshop for alumni of the six-week Odyssey Writing Workshop, so my current blogging scarcity will likely become even scarcer. But before I head out, an actual post! Gearing up for TNEO over the last several weeks got me wondering: just how much … Continue reading Odyssey: The Before and After Shots

“Unlucky Clover” in Beyond Centauri

I'm a little behind in announcing this, but the July 2011 issue of the young adult magazine Beyond Centauri, which includes my story "Unlucky Clover," is out. "Unlucky Clover" is a sequel of sorts to my similarly titled (and much shorter) story "Lucky Clover," which appeared in Flash Fiction Online in March 2008.