I haven’t posted much in the way of updates in while. There’s not a lot going on (that I want to talk about) that can make a full post, so this will be a few items that have been going on.

I participated in NaNoWriMo this year.  My goal was to write 50k words of short fiction.  I hit that with a day to go. Now I just need to finish the stories that are still incomplete.  What I thought would be short stories have turned into novelettes and novellas.  I have two science fiction, one crime, and one (very) dark fantasy to wrap up.  I’ll probably finish the fantasy since I have most of the remaining chapters fleshed out in my head and the last chapter written.

As I announced the other day, I’m going to try to post a review of a ghost story every day until Christmas. I’m also going to post other things here, so there may be days with more than one post.  I’m also going to try to post some things at Futures Past and Present relating to the 90th anniversary of Astounding/Analog.  In addition, January is Vintage Science Fiction month, so I want to try to do some posts about that.  At least until the spring semester gets rolling.

I’ve been trying to work through some courses on time management, entrepreneurship, and professional development.  Those stalled out do to Real Life commitments. I’m hoping to get back on track over the holidays.

And finally, a chance to gloat. I attended a conference in Houston just before Thanksgiving.  It was cheaper for the university to rent a car than buy me a plane ticket. This is the rental car they gave me at the airport. It only had 4 miles on it when I drove it out of the parking lot.  It had a lot more than that when I returned.  In some ways, this was the best part of the trip.