A year has zipped by and today marks our one year anniversary in the townhouse as Maryland residents. Our closing anniversary for Fairfield, March 22, and the one in Maryland, April 2 sort of slipped by our notice. Looking back, it’s the pace of our new lives that let these details almost escape us. As […]
Writing can be a fluid process and at times a mysterious one.Today I was reviewing all my research to date on the Artificial Intelligence book and then found myself starting to cut and paste information into the skeleton I created for the book. Before I knew it, I had pretty much drafted the introduction, chapter […]
Suddenly, the third quarter is over. On the calendar it was always the shortest quarter since there was only one scheduled vacation day so add in a few snow days and two hour delays and just like that, it’s behind me. It also means I am now three-quarters of the way through my first year […]
So we had a snow day this week (and more crappy weather threatening this week). Another day slips out of the third quarter, which still closes on Friday. As I adjusted my planning, I then learned I need to carve out time for my juniors to write resumes for mock interviews in April. Oh, and […]
College conventions tend to be a very mixed bag and certainly smaller scale than most other types of shows. Sometime after I graduated from SUNY-Binghamton there was a con and by then I was working at Starlog or had just started at DC and was invited back as a guest. Deb and I went, had […]
Everyone knows about the Democratic and Republican parties on the national level. But, I suspect most of you don’t realize there are local versions of the same in every town across America. These Town Committees follow the by-laws as passed by their State Central committees which in turn subscribes to the rules of the national […]
School can be all-consuming but the writer in me continues to desire time at the keyboard for creative work. Thankfully, there are a few things going on that will scratch that particular itch.Announced a few weeks back but not mentioned here, I’ve penned an essay for Sequart’s forthcoming New Life and New Civilizations: Exploring Star […]
The last two weeks have been intense and I have been so preoccupied with things that this thing called leisure time feels ephemeral. Still, Deb is out at an event and I actually have an evening to clear the decks a bit and want to ruminate over what has been going on.Things at school continue […]
This weekend, the family will be at Lunacon. We get there Saturday morning since Kate insists on spending Friday night with her “twin” Nicole as they celebrate their 20th birthday (which is really Saturday). My goodness, I will only have one teenager left to contend with.Anyway, Kate will miss out on Friday night’s Boogie Knights […]
I have been invited to speak at Diplocon, held on the campus of Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA the weekend of March 21-22. I’ll be speaking and signing on Saturday but hanging out both days.This event came up suddenly when my former Pocket Books editor Dave Stern reached out, asking if I’d be […]