The Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards ceremony will be broadcast live tonight via streaming video starting at 6:30 PM Pacific Time. To watch, go to the Writers of the Future website, and you should find a link from there. Apparently I'll be mentioned at some point during the ceremony. Also, they'll be opening a time capsule sealed up... read more »
Here's video of another of my favorite Russian pop songs: "Liza" by Liza. Here are the translated lyrics (courtesy of Google Translate and mirmagi.ru): You're home alone. You sit and watch a movie with the hero of his own. Slightly in love, But not so much to see himself always near him. So you want to know The most important... read more »
Here's video of another of my favorite Russian pop songs: "I Broke the Sky" by Reflex. Here are the translated lyrics (courtesy of Google Translate and pesnihi.com): Go, do not remember, do not even try to Dial your number to say goodbye Tablets before bedtime, in the head gap Thrown to the winds all that would Do what you want... read more »
One of the things many people don't know about me is that I took Russian in college. I also sang in BYU's Russian choir for two years. I don't remember many words, but I can still read Cyrillic well enough to sound words out. Back in 2008, I started listening to Russian music to get me in the mood to... read more »
The Kindle version of the first InterGalactic Medicine Show Awards Anthology, which includes my story "The Robot Sorcerer," will be free on Amazon from Saturday, March 24--Monday, March 26. It's a chance to grab some great fiction for free. The full list of stories is: “Trinity County, CA” by Peter S. Beagle, from issue #18 “Sister Jasmine Brings the Pain”... read more »
The Nebula Award nominees have been announced, and I am not one of them this year. (That does not surprise or disappoint me, as I did not have any stories published last year that I thought had any chance of being nominated.) I'm very excited and pleased for my friends who did get nominated. I know three of the six... read more »
My flash fiction story "The Steel Throne" is now live on the Daily Science Fiction website. You can rate it by clicking on a rocket ship at the end of the story. Also, you can "Like" it on DSF's Facebook page. Speaking of free fiction, my novelette "Resonance" is free in the Kindle store today.
I've been invited to do a monthly "SF&F Corner" post at the blog of the Association for Mormon Letters. The first post just went up; it's about LTUE.
For Valentine's Day, I'm making 14 short stories available for free on Amazon: An Early Ford Mustang Attitude Adjustment Betrayer of Trees Bird-Dropping and Sunday In Memory Like Diamond Tears from Emerald Eyes P.R. Problems Resonance Salt of Judas Tabloid Reporter to the Stars The Ashes of His Fathers The Final Element The Man Who Moved the Moon The Robot... read more »
My short story "The Steel Throne" should arrive late tonight for subscribers to Daily Science Fiction. If you're not yet a subscriber, I recommend signing up, because they're publishing a lot of stories I like (and I don't just mean mine.) If you're a loser who doesn't subscribe (Seriously, it's free, so what's stopping you?), you'll still be able to... read more »
