My first purely science fiction book, Phantom Sense and Other Stories -- a collection of award-winning tales written with Mark Niemann-Ross -- is now available here on amazon.com and at other outlets. Check it out!

My latest book, Expressions of Aging, the coauthored biography of 87-year-old world-record-holder John Keston, just got a good review from Oregon Live, the online website of the (Portland) Oregonian.

This has nothing to do with writing, but Team Red Lizard runner Amanda Rice ran a 2:38:57 marathon last Saturday at Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, MN. That got her a free trip to the U.S. Olympic Team Marathon Trials in Houston, next January.  She was already in (without the free trip) via a 2:44:12 finish last December at the California International Marathon in Sacramento, but this is a very nice step up, currently putting her in the top 35-40 U.S. women. This is one very proud coach. Go Amanda!
 

SF revu, a British sf site, likes "Jak and the Beanstalk," in the Jul/Aug Analog (now on newstands). Grab a copy and find out why. Here's the review, which has no serious spoilers:

My latest novelette, "Jak and the Beanstalk," about a guy who dreams of climbing a space elevator, is pending in Analog. I've just returned the proofs, so it will probably be two issues out, in the July/August double issue. (May is already in subscribers mailboxes; Analog "time" is a bit warped into the future. Expect to see this issue in late April, or early May.)

Also in the same issue is my latest story on short-story writing. This one is called "More than Plot and Character: the Story-Telling Secrets of Narrative Voice."

My "Snowflake Kisses" collaborator, Holly Hight, recently sold her first solo effort to Apex Digest. It's called "Laika's Dream," and it's a crackerjack of a horror story, with a scientific bent, written in what I can only describe as a neo-Poe voice.

A friend sent me this link to youtube. It's really cool -- about a minute. One bit of background info that most of you probably know: Hong Kong isn't noted for great air quality. But can't you just see Charlton Heston with one of these in "Soylent Green?"