Words: 1,075 Music: Blue Monday on KUT Okay the salsa verde may not win on Tuesday, but it rocks nonetheless. We roasted three poblano peppers and one jalapeno, peeled them and diced them (scraped out the seeds and discarded). Chopped up four tomatillos and scant 1/4C onion and a clove of garlic. Pureed in a [...]
Word count: 1,275 Calling all Texas writers! ApolloCon is running its annual writer’s workshop Saturday 9 am to noon on June 27 (the con runs from June 26-28). I’ll be facilitating the workshop this year. The deadline for submitting your short story or novel excerpt is MAY 29. For for more information about the workshop [...]
As you might have noticed, I’ve been racking up the word count lately. This is unusual, because normally my output is about 200-300 words per day. Part of it is a self-imposed deadline, but part is a sort of frenetic energy that I’m expressing in words. When I wrote Gordath Wood, there were times when [...]
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