Landmarks of Dubious Purpose

October 3, 2021

We are zooming about Spain with our friends Terry and Jim, who I’ve known since we were in college. Here we see Terry, in a typical pose, offering a salute to Generalissimo Francisco Franco at the Valley of the Fallen. This colossal basilica, longer than St. Peter’s in Rome, topped by a 500-foot granite cross, […]

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Taking the Bull by the Tail

October 1, 2021

First night, I decided to dive right into local cuisine. This is a dish of bull’s tail, braised to perfection. Moist, tender, flavourful, and just a bit gelatinous. When I stuck my fork into one of these cuts, the meat just unrolled from the vertebra without any further encouragement from me. Of course the evening […]

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I Am In Spain

September 29, 2021

Envy me!

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New/Old

September 26, 2021

Not only is there a new Praxis book in the pipeline, there are new old Praxis books either on offer or about to drop shortly. What happened was this. Audio rights to the first three Praxis books were purchased by Audible some years ago, for not a lot of money, and recorded by the excellent […]

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Deerie Me

September 22, 2021

Here’s a new friend I made over the weekend. The scarcity of people in the pandemic has made animals less shy around people, I guess, and she let me hang around for quite a while. This photo was taken from maybe ten meters away. Kathy had a major home improvement project scheduled for the weekend, […]

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Sometimes the Magic Works, Sometimes It Doesn’t

September 11, 2021

I found some duck breasts at the market, and it occurred to me that I liked duck breast but had never cooked one, and that this could serve as the seed for another fine culinary adventure. The label assured me that the duck breasts were antibiotic-free and had been raised vegetarian (which isn’t the case […]

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Hero State

September 10, 2021

Over the summer I’ve been participating in a multi-episode online superhero campaign run by Matt Yancik, all installments of which are available on YouTube. The series is modeled on comics, naturally, and first introduces all the characters as if they were appearing in their own title. Then comes the two-parter finale crossover, wherein the assorted […]

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Episode 1015

September 8, 2021

Hank Garner interviews me on Episode 1015 of his Author Stories podcast. He’s obviously had a lot of experience interviewing authors, so give it a listen!

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Audio Me

September 5, 2021

The Best of Walter Jon Williams has just been released as an audiobook from Tantor Audio. You can buy it most places where audiobooks are sold, or you can get it here for free. I’ll send a download code to the first three people to reply to this post. Be sure to make certain that […]

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Chin Up, Bear

August 26, 2021

Alas, Covid has forced Taos Toolbox 2020 to postpone for the third time. We hope to hold the 2020 workshop sometime in mid-2022. I couldn’t see putting 16 people in a classroom for six hours per day over a two-week period and trusting that no one would get sick. And of course if someone did […]

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