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Continue reading →: Ages ≠ Wisdom
On this, my final day as a 35 year old, I give you proof that I am no wiser after having been on this Earth for three and a half decades: Me (leaving the house after lunch) : Well, I’m gonna head back for my last work day as a…
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Continue reading →: Galloping Guineas
This is a Guinea. This is the Guinea Gallop. These are the shirts you get for surviving 5 kilometers of prairie, orchard, two stream crossings, steep muddy hills, and not a single paved surface. The Gallop is one of the more unique races we run every year. There are no…
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Continue reading →: Try Some Real Writing
“Oh, so you write too? What do you write?” “Science-fiction and fantasy, mostly.” “Ah. You should try some real writing.” The above is an actual conversation I had with a visiting professor today. I wasn’t quite sure how to respond. I suppose I could have been snarky and comment that…
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Continue reading →: Not Quite Dead …
… I’m just incognito. In truth, it’s been fairly busy around the Hughes household. The past week has seen Steph run off to Chicago, leaving me home alone. One would think that I’d just party all night long but nooo, that doesn’t happen around here. Instead I spent the week…
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Continue reading →: Geeks Ap-Aaarrrr-tying
w00tstock in a nutshell : Loads of geeky fun and laughs, great music It was Spider-Man’s webbing that killed Gwen Stacy Got autographs from John Scalzi, Wil Wheaton, and Adam Savage Got to see Neil Gaimen himself The Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis’ wireless network *can* survive a thousand geeks with iPods, Androids,…
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Continue reading →: My 11 Year Old Marriage
Eleven years ago tomorrow (June 5th), I walked down the aisle at Calmar Lutheran Church to be wed to my wonderful bride, Stephanie. On that day, I walked down that aisle with grace, confidence, and an overwhelming amount of happiness. This is in sharp contrast to the hours just before…
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Continue reading →: Rejection Long Time Coming
One hundred and sixty-one days after submission, Realms of Fantasy passed on my short piece, Korl Builds a Wall. However, this was not a standard form rejection letter. No, this one came with a handwritten note from Shawana McCarthy, Fiction Editor at RoF. I won’t get into what it said…
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Continue reading →: Words Not Seen
Steph’s been hounding me for weeks to be able to read Genie Memories and tonight, I finally deemed it worthy to be read by others. (I think all writers can attest to this feeling – “It’s not ready yet!). Anyway, I store my chapters in separate files. GM-1 for Chapter…
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Continue reading →: Saturday Morning Race Recap
This morning, the Hughes family turned out in force to take part in the Jim Boughton Memorial/Grey Ribbon Crusade 5K Road Race. I already blogged about my Coach, who was fighting brain cancer. We had all hoped that Coach would have been able to be at the race but alas,…
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Continue reading →: Viable Paradise 2010 Applications
To all my writer friends : Applications to the Viable Paradise workshop on Martha’s Vineyard close on June 30th, 2010. The instructors are the same as last year – Jim MacDonald, Debra Doyle, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, Steven Gould, and Laura Mixon. On top…
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