Another week down and I actually like the story I did this week... for now. I may hate it when I read it again in a couple weeks. It's about an old man with a head injury trying to decide if the strange thing he's seeing out his kitchen window is real or not. I …
Week 11 and The Demolished Man
I have survived another week, and read another Alfred Bester novel. This week I wrote about a duel fought with time guns... yeah, probably just as dumb as it sounds. I also read The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester. It's the story of a murder committed in a world full of telepaths--a world that hasn't …
Week 10 and Borges
I finished a sort of thing this week. It's barely a story, more a rambling about erasing and altering memories. Once again I didn't use the song prompt, but it's a good one so I might use it next week. I discovered Jorge Luis Borges this week also, who somehow had escaped my awareness until …
week 9
I nearly gave up this week, then I came across a story I'd started writing a month or two back and got re-inspired by it, and finished it. I think this is the first time I've ever managed to come back to a project that I put on hold. Most the time when I 'take …
Another one
I've been rejected yet again by DSF in the second round. I've been hoping for so long to get that third professional sale so I can join SFWA... and.... It turns out I don't need three to join after all. I need three sales to join as an 'Active' level membership, but I can join …
Jonas David 