World Fantasy Con is coming up next week. They should have a finalized schedule early next week but so far it looks like I am reading at 2 pm on Friday. I am psyched! According to the prelim schedule I am sharing a reading time slot with Dennis L. McKiernan, who has one of the most fascinating stories ever about how he got started writing. Read it. It’s amazing. So if the readings are set up Read more…
Psst…Austinites. If you haven’t voted early yet, consider this to be a good time. For people in my ‘hood, the closest early voting spot is the Shriner’s building across from Sun Harvest. They have the little go-karts parked out front and everything. Fast and easy, there was a crowd but it moved very quickly, and there were plenty of the usual polling crowd to keep things going. These people have been doing it for years, Read more…
More than 300 million US citizens are paying around $700 billion to jumpstart the economy. And after the first $250 billion was doled out to eight top banks, the banks were admonished to spend the money, not just hoard it. That, after all, was the point. Free up the credit markets! Loosen the worldwide financial system! Grease the wheels! Well, it looks like the banks are just sitting on it, despite their marching orders. In Read more…