Stressor #1: Work. Survived last week. Waiting to see how next week will be different. Stressor #2: Home. Reclaimed the domain. Still working on the cleansing. Stressor #3: Family. Short-term results are encouraging. Stressor #4: Health. Need to stabilize a few things and get more sleep. Stressor #5: Creativity. Still in the tank, but may improve as the other stressors resolve.

Has it been TWO WEEKS since my last post? Geez. Let’s see… Last weekend, I went to Conestoga in Tulsa and had a really good time. See photos by Keith Stokes here for a visual recap. The art show team found space for me in the show, and the programming team put me on a good art discussion panel with the president of ASFA. I met a bunch of the Yard Dogs, visited with friends,…

I spent Friday evening and Saturday at the Campbell Conference at KU. It was a little “thin” this year in terms of number of pro writers attending, but good discussions occurred none-the-less. The topic was “Science Fiction: The Past, Present, and Future.” In a nutshell: there was a past, there is a present, and there will be a future. Each period of time in science fiction is different and is shaped by current events and…