Serendib Writing

Ishmael

Hm. I haven’t seen this one. I did watch Here Come the Brides, which was inspired in part by this, but it’s not quite as rapey, since the women volunteer to come to find husbands. On the other hand, they’re sort of economically forced into it, so it’s still somewhat rapey on that level, but […]

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A Weird Year for Writing

Finishing up taxes. It’s been a weird year for the writing (etc.) business — no travel expenses, for one. But also dramatically expanding staffing. Income was pretty decent, still running at a loss overall, but I think that’s okay, since I’m actively growing the business. At some point, though, it’d be nice to break even,

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Thrilled to Note That I’ve Received a $15,000 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship

I’ve received one of these before, several years ago. With the economic crisis in 2009, they had to cut back on grants for a while; it was good to see them start awarding them again the last few years. I’m including a copy of my artist statement and work plan below, in case it’s helpful

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Big Concept Changes

Made some big changes to the Jump Space book this past weekend — not big in terms of word count, but in concept. (Note that there are some spoilers in the graphics, if you look closely (such as who married whom, who fostered whose kid, etc.), so if you haven’t read the stories, proceed at

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Considering It a Win

Yesterday I re-read two stories, wrote one scene, and revised another. That doesn’t sound like very much, but when you consider that I had basically not written for two months beforehand, you can see why I’d consider it a win. I’m working on the Jump Space book, and specifically, “Thin Air,” the interstitial story that’s

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