I have long held that literary fiction and genre fiction were not in any way mutually exclusive. There have been many, many shining examples of very literary genre writers. Now people are starting to notice that there are many genre-leaning literary writers, too.

www.pw.org/content/invasion_genre_snatchers

I just heard from Jim Baen's Universe ( www.baens-universe.com ). They're buying my short story "Johnny Plays 'Round Saturn's Rings" for the "Introducing" section. It's a market I've wanted to get into since it started, so I'm thrilled to have finally broken in.

More details when I have them.

Cosmos Magazine has put "For the Love of Jazz" online in their fiction section. It was originally published in the Oct/Nov '07 issue. For those of you who didn't get to read it on paper, here you go: http://www.cosmosmagazine/fiction/print/1813/for-love-jazz

I've just installed Opera Mini on my BlackBerry Curve, and I have to say it just flat out rocks! Dumpeth thy browser, BlackBerrians. Opera Mini 4.1 is the only way to go. It makes the included browser look like crayons and construction paper.

You can download it OTA at www.operamini.com

It's the end of Poetry in Motion on the NYC subway system. www.pw.org/content/last_day_national_poetry_month_brings_change_nyc_commuters