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Fraser

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About Me

Born in England, living in Florida, a reporter by day and freelance writer by night (or afternoon, depending when I leave work). I've written two film reference books and assorted magazine articles, but now I'm focusing on fiction; it's more fun, and even if it doesn't sell, at least I can show it to friends (try doing that with an unpublished article on child-therapy programs!). I write fantasy, and read quite a lot of it, along with reading the history of almost anything. And in the event I someday attract hordes of groupies, I thought it might be nice to have somewhere online where they can find out about me. So ...

My Interests

Theater (both watching and performing in), fantasy, history, bicycling, vegetarian cooking, movies, human rights, writing fiction, travel, zoos.

I'd like to meet:

Perhaps when I find her I'll know.

Music:

Beatles, Melissa Etheridge, Gilbert and Sullivan, Sophie Hawkins, Carly Simon, Alan Parsons Project, Billy Joel, musicals, Motown.

Movies:

Casablanca, Citizen Kane, good SF, bad SF, film noir, Blazing Saddles, Miyazaki films, Hammer horror, Monty Python, Court Jester

Television:

Buffy, 24, Justice League Unlimited (and any Dini/Timm show), Dr. Who, Heroes, The Prisoner, Inuyasha, Full Metal Alchemist

Books:

Arthur Conan Doyle, Fritz Leiber, P.G. Wodehouse, Lewis Caroll, HP Lovecraft, Diana Wynne Jones, Gardner Fox, Steve Englehart, Jorge Luis Borges, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lester Dent, L. Frank Baum, any kind of history.

Heroes:

Civil rights activists, human-rights activists, Martin Luther King, the Flash, Robin Hood, the Dalai Lama, the Founding Fathers, Vaclav Havel, mythological trickster-figures, Aung Sang Suu Kyi, Shirin Ebadi, Adam Strange.

My Blog

Improvement

My paranormal romance is coming along much better. Part of what did it was switching it to the start of the work week so that I'm still full of energy. Of course that leaves something else to the low-...
Posted by Fraser on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:55:00 PST

Learning Curve: The story behind the story.

My short story "Learning Curve" is available at the online magazine Byzarium in the November issue, out today.As usual, here's the rundown on how I came to write it.It started with a very sketchy s...
Posted by Fraser on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:40:00 PST

All things change (even me)

It wasn't until earlier this week that it started to sink in how much the sale of "Learning Curve" has affected me. Not so much the sale itself as the cumulative effect of four sales so far this year....
Posted by Fraser on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:34:00 PST

Hard to comprehend

A friend of mine was baffled when I told her, with enthusiasm, that I'd just sold a story to Byzarium (as blogged about earlier)why was I so excited when I'll only receive $10?She settled on "exposur...
Posted by Fraser on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:02:00 PST

JK Rowling, overbearing author?

The oddest part of the "Dumbledore is gay" discussion has been how many people think Rowling was out of line telling us anything more than what was in the books.According to this line of thought, once...
Posted by Fraser on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:41:00 PST

Fiction is getting so much weirder (and that’s a GOOD thing!)

Watching TV's new season has shown me once again how much weirder mainstream fiction has become compared to 20 years ago.20 years ago, shows I'm ignoringGhost Whisperer, Reaper, Bionic Woman (tried t...
Posted by Fraser on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:02:00 PST

Never mind Dumbledore, what about Snape?

The news Dumbledore was gay broke while I was on vacation last week. In the course of discussion, the friends I was with drifted to a second question: Did Snape die a virgin?Given his love for Lily an...
Posted by Fraser on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:15:00 PST

Another sale! Huzzah!!

My short story Learning Curve just sold to the online magazine Byzarium. Needless to say, I'm very buzzed.
Posted by Fraser on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:05:00 PST

For some reason I needed to see this today

Found on a greeting card. From Solbeam (whoever he, she or it is)"Fall in love or fall in hate.Get inspired or be depressed.Ace a test or flunk a class.Make babies or make art.Speak the truth or lie a...
Posted by Fraser on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:38:00 PST

Shameless promotion for my employer

As a vegetarian I have mixed feelings about boosting a fishing event, but if you'd like to see an 844-pound shark brought ashore, the video is at the Destin Log web site. .The video has already been ...
Posted by Fraser on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:01:00 PST