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End of the year stats

Written: 18 short stories, and 1 novel
Sold: 13 short stories, 3 nonfiction pieces, 1 poem
Published: 15 short stories, 1 novel, 29 reviews for Tangent, 2 reviews elsewhere

Next year, I hope to increase my short story output, and finish "The Tinker's Daughter". Also, I would love to snag an agent and get another novel out there.

Four Things

FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:
1. Lab tech
2. Seller of used records
3. Bartender
4. Professor

FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
1. The Usual Suspects
2. Leolo
3. Stalker
4. Fargo

FOUR CITIES YOU'VE LIVED IN:
1. Moscow
2. Boston
3. New Brunswick, NJ
4. Elizabeth, NJ

FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH:
1. The Simpsons
2. South Park
3. Family Guy
4. Mythbusters

FOUR PLACES YOU'VE BEEN ON VACATION:
1. NYC
2. London
3. Atlanta
4. Kamchatka

FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY:
1. izvestia.ru
2. TTA message board
3. sff.net
4. http://queryletters.blogspot.com/

FOUR OF YOUR FAVOURITE FOODS:
1. sushi
2. pad thai
3. brie
4. stuffed mushrooms

FOUR SCHOOLS YOU'VE ATTENDED:
1. Moscow State University
2. Rutgers
3. My high school
4. that's it

FOUR THINGS YOU FIND YOURSELF SAYING A LOT:
1. If you're a plant...
2. Cats are so great
3. The hell?
4. I have to feed the lizards

FOUR PLACES YOU'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
1. London
2. St Petersburg
3. New Zealand
4. Venice

Props!

Andrew Hook (he of the Elastic Press) posted a nice review of Poe's Progeny here . He has quite nice things to say about my story, "Making Ivy":

"Maybe the best story here I think - fantastically understated stuff and brilliant concept!"

I'm quite pleased with such a complimentary opinion from the writer and editor I respect. I tend to write fairly understated stuff, and it's very gratifying to see that people do appreciate it.

Robert Sheckley

I was sad today to learn that Robert Sheckley died. Along with Kuttner and Simak, he's one of the greatest SF writers ever. At least, I got interested in SF after I read them.

His books always managed to be hilarious, and touching, and profound in a disturbing way... you could feel the Earth tilt under your feet just a little, momentarily disorienting but liberating. With all the hubbub about SF being literature of ideas (Is not! Is too! It's forward-looking!) I thought of Sheckley's books often, since for me he represents SF. It's not the ideas, I think, that made him special; it's the freedom with which he wrote, shamelessly throwing together an incredible jumble of images, philosophies, people... he was not restrained. He wrote marvelous books. I'm sad they were rarely reprinted. I'm sad there won't be any more.