Writing on the go with a Blackberry

Although I always believed myselfto be an open minded and technically advanced professional, I didn't quite get the Blackberry. I absolutely hated the device when I recieved my first job-required Blackberry a few years ago. I considered it a toy for the gadget minded. My gripes were:

• The screen was tiny.
• The keys were miniscule.
• The keys & buttons were too small and would cause many typing errors
• Etc, etc

A few years later, well guess what? Despite my over sized monkey thumbs-I'm managing to pound out 400-500 words in a 20 minute bus ride or 30 minute ferry trip-gotta love the free Staten Island ferry. Not to say this occurs every ride or trip but enough to be productive. Approximately a quarter of my 15,000 word novellette was rough drafted on my Blackberry and emailed to my home account for insertion and editing on my home PC.

I do not worship the device like some do, however I finally got the device and can use it for the tool it is. A good indicator of how adaptable we are, especially given time and opportunity.

Hello writing, Goodbye game development

After commiting considerable time and energy I've found that game development no longer holds my interest. I made some good advances in learning programming but programing/gaming requires resources and time which I just can not commit

I've returned to my 'roots', with reading and writing science fiction. What's great is with various eletronic devices I can write almost whenever I have the urge. Fodder for a future topic.

I've written several short science fiction stories which are in editing. One is almost ready for submission to either Analog or Asimov's magazines.

I have also started on a novel.

Genre-wise I'd say my current style is a mix of post-cyberpunk, bio-industrial, future noir, with bits and pieces of other stuff. I coined the phrase 'Inforage' in my response to Jame's Strickland's blog post
Cyberpunk and Post Cyberpunk - What's in a Name? so maybe I stick with that.