Author Archives: cwblog

Website update 8-9-17 There’s nothing SF writers hate worse than being proved right. That’s because our predictions that come true hardly ever turn out to be the positive ones. I should say right off the bat that SF writers aren’t … Continue reading →

WEBSITE UPDATE–7-4-17–MY FAVORITE AMERICANS A FOURTH OF JULY ODE TO REFUGEES “The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest toss’d to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” Inscription on the Statue of Liberty … Continue reading →

WEBSITE UPDATE WATERGATE II For almost three months after Trump’s election I had no idea what might happen next–a terrible feeling for a science-fiction writer to have, let alone a citizen. But it all seemed so unprecedented and so bizarre. … Continue reading →

4-4-17–WEBSITE UPDATE–WONDERCON Just a quick post to tell everybody I’m back from Wondercon in Anaheim and to say thanks to all of you who made it a great con for me, especially to all those people who came to my … Continue reading →

DON’T KILL THE NEH With the newly-released Trump budget slaughtering everything from the PEA and Appalachian job retraining programs to ebola vaccines, climate change research, Big Bird, school lunches, and Meals on Wheels, the killing off of the National Endowment … Continue reading →

BOOKS I LOVE: PART I BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS Recently a reader wrote to ask what some of the books I liked were, saying, “I would love to read authors/stories that she enjoys.” I totally get that. Many of my favorite … Continue reading →

WEBSITE UPDATE 2/12/2017 ED BRYANT’S DEATH I got really sad news on Friday–Edward Bryant, my dear friend and fellow SF writer, had died. I say “sad” rather than “terrible” because he had been ill for a very long time, struggling … Continue reading →