When “Youthful Indiscretions” Doesn’t Really Get To The Heart of the Matter (Backstory: Originally published in the online newsletter The Hell’s Half-Acre Herald in 2000, this is the backstory for the famed Dallas Observer article by Jef Rouner on how my life has been, er, interesting. Oh, if only I had any idea of how weird my life got after the turn of the century…) As August begins, so does school…
Tag: Harlan Ellison
Backstories: “Harlan Ellison: The Ultimate Literary Robot Warrior”
Some Inventions Are Too Ahead Of The Future (Backstory: The unit known as “Harlan Ellison” powered down for the last time in 2018. Rumors of an upgrade, reboot, or overhaul could not be confirmed at press time. This article was originally published in Revolution Science Fiction [2001-2019] in 2002 and attributed to “Edgar Harris,” shortly before I quit pro writing.) Popular attitudes in the science fiction field hold that if…
Backstories & Fragments: About the Backstories
What to expect with what you’re reading here Essential information about your humble author: between 1989 and 2002, I was a professional writer working for a slew of magazines, zines, weekly newspapers, and Web sites, most of which have disappeared without trace. Finally in 2002, after hitting burnout over delayed payments, publications shutting down without notice, and editors demanding work for free, I quit writing entirely in the spring of…