Month: August 2023

As I noted in my last post, the mss was copy edited by: my editor’s manager, and a professional copy editor, and finally by my editor, before they sent it to me. For those who’ve never dealt with this, what going through a copy edit – in the pre-computerized days, it was called a proof,… Continue reading Going through the copy edit of Becoming Terran done

Busy today. Over the weekend, for those into the 1632 universe, I finished the third story about Marianne, the young lacemaker in Paris. Per Bjorn, the editor of the new ‘zine Eric Flint’s 1632 and Beyond, the successor to the Grantville Gazette, it’s been posted to the 1632 slushpile on Baen’s Bar. And just this… Continue reading In progress

Eva, Jack Chalker’s widow, told me of an anthology of Well World stories, and suggested I write one. To my dismay, most of my Well World books are missing, but I started rereading one, and found a character that I wanted to work with. Turned out the anthologist wanted something different, and had a full… Continue reading Sidewriting