Archive for June, 2007

Houston places and Technical Writing

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

Web geeks like to experiment. One of my ongoing experiments is an attempt to make local areas more useful through the web, since once we’ve connected everything, we find out that (often) what we desire is most relevant to our lives. There is no center to the universe.

I’ve put up two new items of (possible) interest. The first is a list of the technical writing links I’ve found, and a second is a place for the discussion of Houston, TX and fun things to do there.

Technical writing links

Houston, Texas

I hope they benefit someone and cause some joy. If not, they’ll go away shortly. The best part about experiments is being able to sweep away the wreckage, wipe down the lab table, and start again.

Update: The Houston forum is now a blog.

Artisan magazine publishes a story

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

Artisan magazine has published one of my short-shorts, tentatively titled “Effervescent Globe, Expanding.” The next issue will contain it as well as works by underground and mainstream authors of new fiction, literary fiction, and subversive social commentary.

http://www.artisanjournal.com/
artisan, a journal of craft

P.O. Box 157
Wilmette, IL 60091
editor@artisanjournal.com

I’m thankful to this magazine for giving my writing a chance, and recommend it to readers. They’ve thrown away the slick, like many of the best literary magazines out there (Barbaric Yawp, another publication, qualifies) as if in revolution against the style-over-substance culture that has afflicted literature in the last 30 years. With a cardstock cover enclosing carefully-chosen printed pages, Artisan is a labor of love for those who love literature.