More Than One Trick

I started this month with a story submission to Raven Electrick. Having spent most of the month revising and placing the story elsewhere, I had three days to send Raven something new by today's submission deadline.

With Raven's 1,000-word limit, crafting a new sci-fi story was possible, but then I thought Why not a poem? I've been meaning to get back to poems.

I remembered a sci-fi-ish poem I'd written in grad school. I pared that down and built it up until I was happy with its message. We'll see if I get into Raven with a poem, or as Captain Sulu said in STAR TREK VI, "Now we've given them something else to shoot at."

Oscar Blahs

I've never had much interest in the Academy Awards because, as with the latest hardcovers, I'm perennially behind at the movies. Those I do see in theaters usually engage me on some level I don't even know exists until it's tapped. There you have it. Bo-ring.

Favor for a Robert B. Parker Fan

Not just any Parker fan, but Bob Ames, proprietor of the vast and friendly Bullets & Beer Spenser Homepage. An engineer on the overnight shift, Bob missed last week's airing of STONE COLD.

Bob doesn't watch enough television to warrant a cable subscription, and with his regular antenna, he can't make a tape without multiple dropouts. If you are willing and able to make a clear copy of the movie for Bob, contact him via the Bullets & Beer site.