Way
back in August, when I certainly should have been on top of the
situation, my writing again appeared in CLARKESWORLD magazine – and
I failed to tell anyone about it. Despite that, my story
(technically a novelette) “The Servant” has managed to get some
recommendations for the Hugo award. Since “The Servant” started
out as an idea for a novel, I've placed it on the front burner and am
now ambitiously expanding and developing it into what will eventually
be a 125,000-word book. Shazzam. (Shazzam
is not the title of the book; it's just a mild, happy expletive with
old comic book roots.)
In
the same issue of CLARKESWORLD, I also have a nonfiction piece,
“Hipsters of Zombieland.” You lovers of all things zombie,
please visit and counter the one comment on the page that was penned
by a zombie-hater. Unless you hate my article. In which case, never
mind . . .
And
yes, this is a new font: Chalkboard. Apparently quite a few people
hate Comic Sans. (Just about everyone but me, it seems.) Granted,
you may have a tough time telling the difference between the old font
and the new one, but to me it seems less wiggly. In fact, this is
the way I wish I could write with the raw paw (mechanically). Of
course, that's how I felt about Comic Sans, too. So my judgement is
still questionable.
Fall
is coming to Phoenix, which means that the temperature has dropped
into the 80s (Fahrenheit) instead of the 100s. Work here at Casa
Devenport/Hogan proceeds apace. A lot of failure is mitigated by a
few successes, so we are encouraged to continue. I hope you are too.
