Today, June 14, 2005, in my mailbox I found the September 2005 issue of Analog. It's the one with my story "Resonance" in it. Also in the issue is a fun story by my fellow Codex writer, Lawrence M. Schoen. And if that's not enough for you, it has stories by Larry Niven and Kevin J. Anderson. I'm thrilled to... read more »

I bought a robot this week. It's not a very smart robot, compared to movie robots. Its version of the Three Laws of Robotics seems to be the following: 1. Vacuum the floor. 2. If something gets in your way, turn. You can see my robot in action in my hallway.

The Seattle Writer's Weekend is June 9-12, 2005.

I'm planning on attending CONduit in Salt Lake City, May 27-29.

Two of the names I used for important characters in my novel were, unbeknownst to me, used by other authors for major characters in other fantasy novels. I have, therefore, changed the names slightly. This is not because of copyright law, because not only are character names not copyrightable, but even if they were, copyright law only prevents me from... read more »