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Mom and the Ankylosaurus

Blogging the Mesozoic

Category: Writing Advice, Workshops

FREE TO READ AT AMAZING STORIES: MY LATEST ARTICLE

Oh hey, here’s a piece I was commissioned to write for Amazing Stories about ongoing contract concerns affecting writers for some premier science fiction & fantasy magazines: https://amazingstories.com/2025/11/what-should-readers-and-writers-expect-now-that-five-top-magazines-are-under-new-management/

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SONGS FOR OBSIDIAN

Read my story in the latest issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies: It takes the better part of a millennium for Tripodea to recover sufficiently from the mage’s cruelty before she can contemplate sending her thoughts

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COACHING A WRITER

A year ago this month, I hired a career coach to guide me with my writing career. Here’s why it was the right decision for me.

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25 YEARS IN RETROSPECT

A valued writer friend recently pointed out to me that I have been in this business off and on for twenty five years. Wow, wow, wow.

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MORE OF MY BOOK REVIEWS IN MARCH/APRIL ANALOG

Woo hoo! The current issue of Analog Magazine has some excellent science fiction by David Gerrold and other fine writers, plus my latest book review column: The Reference Library. It’s available right now for you

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TEACHING GIG: THIS TIME FOR REAL!

As I mentioned last Fall, I have joined the faculty of The Rambo Academy, founded and run by Cat Rambo. I will be teaching a class on The Art of the Book Review. Here is

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