Steven E. Wedel

What a day. We had a big event in the business school that took all morning, then I spent the afternoon sending out press releases and photos to the media that didn’t attend, which was most of them. The event wasn’t that noteworthy, really; something that only mattered to the university and to those named…

Official SurvivorCongratulations! You scored 68%! Whether through ferocity or quickness, you made it out. You made the right choice most of the time, but you probably screwed up somewhere. Nobody’s perfect, at least you’re alive. My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 90%…

Ahhh. I just sent Nathan at Scrybe Press the corrections to the galleys, or page proofs, of Call to the Hunt. It’s a big step closer to publication now. One thing that struck me as I was reading the stories is that most of them were written to stand alone, with the reader not knowing…

Such a tragedy in Minnesota yesterday. What could make a kid shoot his grandparents, then go gun down classmates, a teacher and a security guard? Condolences to the families. There’s not much to report on my end. Amanda and Jacob will be seeing a doctor in about an hour. Their fevers keep breaking, then coming…

The National Weather Service has issued the first tornado watch of the season for central Oklahoma. Of course, a watch is nothing, really. We’ll just have to wait until this evening and see what develops. The wind is blowing pretty hard now and we had a decent little storm last night (knocked out the power…

Not much to talk about today. I’m still a bit wool-headed with the cold stuff, but I’m at work, trying to sort out what may turn out to be a real clusterfuck on Thursday. My story “Dead Betty” was rejected for HellBound Books’ Damned Nation anthology today. I wasn’t surprised, as it was a bit…

Sara picked a random number from my Yahoo group this evening to determine who’d win the copy of Darkscapes I’m giving away this month. She reached pretty deep into my past and drew the number of Bruce from Enid, Oklahoma. Wow. It seems like a lifetime ago I worked with Bruce at a sweatshop called…

Bad news — sick again. Jacob, Amanda and Kim, too. Just colds this time. Damn. How can we keep getting sick with different things? Got my diploma from the University of Oklahoma today. It’s hanging on the wall right now, high above the BA from that other university. Also got the page proofs for Call…

Am I like this? Walnut Tree (Passion) — unrelenting, strange and full of contrasts, often egotistic, aggressive, noble, broad horizon, unexpected reactions, spontaneous, unlimited ambition, no flexibility, difficult and uncommon partner, not always liked but often admired, ingenious strategist!, very jealous and passionate, no compromise. A meme I found in ‘s blog says I am. …