Category: Commentary

  • Queries and Other Things

    In Pages I have just entered the query I used for The i Tetralogy. I worked hard on that one, saying what is hard to say but struggling to say it nevertheless on one page. As the months go along I revise it, and this version reflects recents events. Tonight…

  • Another Query Letter

    I have put into Pages a query letter for Gruffworld. You may find it of interest. The first story of the novel, “Covenant,” is also filed here as well. For some reason many of you out there selected my query for Down to a Sunless Sea to visit repeatedly. The…

  • The First Chapter of Gruffworld — See Pages

    In the eighties I was trying my hand at science fiction and science fantasy. “Covenant” was submitted to a very good mag, Owlflight, its editor Millea Kenin. She wrote me how she was taken with the natural history of my Gruff. Encouraged, during the summer I took out about a…

  • The Best Lemmonade I’ve Ever Had, For Sure

    Note to the reader: The memoir on Mt. Lemmon was written about 5 years ago; I have been revising it as I go along, here on this blog. Hot again. One area in the Catalina State Park which runs parallel to Oracle Road issues heavy dirigibles of smoke, bulging up,…