Pre-Order! The Way It Grows: An Introduction to Dvarsh is at press!
The Way It Grows: An Introduction to Dvarsh, by Robert Stikmanz and Amanda Kimmerly,is at press. We examined and approved the proof this afternoon. There are a [read more...]
Musings
Dream
Last night I lay in bed sleeping, although in that curious state in which I was not aware of having fallen asleep. The dream into which I fell seemed [read more...]
From Confabule Editorial Director Amanda Kimmerly
Quoted from the September issue of the Stikmanz News e-newsletter: Folks, we’ve given into gimmicks. Contests. But it’s for a good cause (art!). [read more...]
Bubonicon 43
I’ve been so focused on The Way it Grows that I’ve completely overlooked checking in here at the ranch. This is good, as TWiG looks ever more like [read more...]
Irony and numbers
These past couple weeks I have found myself mulling irony. This is an often poorly understood term that deserves clarification. I define it broadly as a [read more...]
Thoughts on a sad trend in fandom
Besides genre, another trait shared by Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke is that all three broke into writing through independent presses. Not [read more...]
Apollocon 2011 this weekend, June 24-26
I’ve been so busy in recent weeks that I nearly forgot to shout out about Apollocon 2011, happening this Friday through Sunday, June 24-26, at the [read more...]
Behind the curtain
Kindness is the model I intend to follow, but I get so bound up in being clever that I forget to be kind. Love is the ideal to which I try to conform, but I [read more...]
Forty years
I had great momentum going for late sleep this morning. This is not the easiest thing to do these days, living in an apartment complex and having grown [read more...]
Comicpalooza! May 27-29! Houston!
Comicpalooza! This banner event is finally upon us. Are you ready? Am I ready? The agreement for our artist alley table finally arrived last week, and the [read more...]
Copyright © 2022 Robert Stikmanz (unless otherwise noted)