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Next Story (March, 2019)
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I am about a third to a half finished with my next story, which will be_The Angel of Haven_. Here are a couple of excerpts: "I don't like the fact that M ...
Stickmaker - 2019/03/29 - 12:44am - 3 comments
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Angel of Haven
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I just passed 30k words on the next Angel story. I'm aiming for 50k. Note, though, that my writing schedule is irregular just now. I went to ConGlomeration la ...
Stickmaker - 2019/04/29 - 7:38pm - 2 comments
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ConGlomeration 2019
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Holidays / Vacations / Resorts / Travel ConGlomeration 2019 images posted on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/116299515@N07/albums/72157706764547891 ...
Stickmaker - 2019/04/29 - 7:39pm
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Non-Masks Anthology
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I'm thinking about stories to include in a non-Masks anthology. So far, my own ideas include rewritten versions of several stories which have been posted here ...
Stickmaker - 2019/05/28 - 10:55am - 1 comment
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Angel of Haven
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Well, that's it for Angel of Haven. I already have some notes on Angel of Earth, but my next story will be Masks 22. Tomorrow, though, I fly out to the NASFiC ...
Stickmaker - 2019/07/09 - 8:13pm - 1 comment
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Masks 22 Notes
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I'm reviewing some of the previous stories before I get into the meat of Masks 22. I am distressed to note the number of typos in Masks 21. I do remember that ...
Stickmaker - 2019/07/26 - 3:51pm
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Shutter Bug
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Holidays / Vacations / Resorts / Travel The location of my flicker Album page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/116299515 @N07/albums One of my post-retirement projects is to scan all my old negatives ( ...
Stickmaker - 2019/09/03 - 4:24pm - 5 comments
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Web Page Update
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Science and Medicine I have made some significant additions to my Joy of High Tech page, at: http://www.dcr.net/~stickmak/JOHT/ Those with an interest in technology and science- especially from a his ...
Stickmaker - 2019/10/03 - 11:04am
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Inanimate Warriors
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing There's a scene I'd like to write, but with full awareness that it uses some Copyrighted material. So, I'll just describe it here. ...
Stickmaker - 2019/12/17 - 3:51am - 7 comments
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MarCon 2000 Photos
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Holidays / Vacations / Resorts / Travel Food / Recipes / Restaurants I just finished uploading my recently scanned MarCon 2000 35mm negatives to an album on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/1162 ...
Stickmaker - 2020/02/06 - 2:39pm - 6 comments
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Wedding Belles?
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I am about a fifth of the way through the actual writing of the next Masks story. (10k words out of an estimated 50k.) The first part is a flashback to shortly aft ...
Stickmaker - 2020/02/15 - 7:58am - 11 comments
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Masks Timeline
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Here is the URL for the current Masks Timeline: http://www.dcr.net/~stickmak/Stories/MasksTimeline.html ...
Stickmaker - 2020/03/01 - 7:29pm - 3 comments
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What's in a Name?
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I have a terrible memory, especially for names. There's a sort of hereditary aphasia in my Mother's family which I seem to have a double dose of. Using & ...
Stickmaker - 2020/05/27 - 9:08pm - 2 comments
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Not a Well Man
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Autobiographical I've been fighting an irritable bowel attack for over a week. Thought I was about it over last night. Then I ate some sunflower seeds before bed. Pretty sick all night, and taki ...
Stickmaker - 2020/07/06 - 9:37am - 6 comments
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Better
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Autobiographical For some reason, the blog entry I made yesterday hasn't shown. Oh, well. Naped much of Saturday, went to bed early and slept in a bit on Sunday. Felt a lot better. Took it easy ...
Stickmaker - 2020/07/10 - 5:44am - 7 comments
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Oldies but Goodies
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I have for decades been writing a column titled The Joy of High Tech, which has appeared in print and digital fanzines. I have recently begun rewriting some of the ...
Stickmaker - 2020/08/01 - 8:54am
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In the Spirit of the Season
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Holidays / Vacations / Resorts / Travel No-one knows how Devil's Hollow (which I can see part of from my front porch) got its name. I even asked at the Kentucky History Museum*. Here's one ...
Stickmaker - 2020/11/11 - 6:40am - 3 comments
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On the Topic of Fruit Cakes
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Holidays / Vacations / Resorts / Travel There is a tradition involving fruitcakes which most folks currently alive are unaware of. Yes, people make fruitcakes for eating, often with whiskey of some s ...
Stickmaker - 2021/01/01 - 2:39am - 4 comments
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A Conflict of Expectations
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I had hoped to post the first installment of the next Masks serial today. However, "things happened" over the holidays (nothing majorly bad and a few thi ...
Stickmaker - 2021/01/09 - 9:30pm
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Kravaal Island Background
Author: Stickmaker Stickmaker's blog Blog About: Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Kravaal Island and the background tales of what happened there were inspired in part by the Boris Karloff movie The Man With Nine Lives and the music video for the ...
Stickmaker - 2021/01/22 - 10:42am
