It Gets Better
Sometimes, it’s not the internationally famous voices pleading for tolerance and an end to bullying that get to you. Sometimes, it’s the local kid with a digital camera and a Youtube account and...
View ArticleMusical Signal-Boost
I haven’t signal-boosted for my musician friends in quite a while, despite all of my best intentions. (Okay, I haven’t signal-boosted for my author friends either, but that will have to be a different...
View Article2011 Writing Goals
I think it is absolutely time to state some broad writing goals for this year. I’ve been in a bit of a slump writing-wise since before the holidays, but am slowly coming out of it. Part of coming out...
View Articlereading habits
I made the decision not to post book reviews here on www.anthonycardno.com anymore because I felt like it was a conflict of interest with advertising my own writing. That doesn’t mean I can’t discuss...
View ArticleReunions
It was pointed out to me a while ago that there are two themes that seem to crop up consistently in my writing. I can’t say that either of these is a conscious choice. I don’t sit down to start a story...
View Article5 Bookish Facts About Me
Lifted from RoofBeamReader‘s Friday blog: Q. Inspired by the inane Twitter trend of #100factsaboutme, give us five BOOK RELATED facts about you. 1. As I’ve said before, I cannot read too many books in...
View ArticleNew Page and Links
I have finally taken the time to add some of my short fiction to the site. Right now it’s just one short story. “Invisible Me” was first published by Willard & Maple magazine back in 2005. I’ve...
View ArticleCancer can kiss my…
This week got away from me. I’d planned on Wednesday to post the first of a series of email interviews I’ve been conducting with writers, musicians and artists (this one with Evelyn Lafont, author of...
View ArticleLinda Poitevin and “Sins of the Lost”
Linda Poitevin It’s always a pleasure to welcome Linda Poitevin back to the site to talk about her latest. This time out, we’re discussing SINS OF THE LOST, the third book in her four-part series The...
View ArticleMany Tortures on #sffwrtcht
Tomorrow night (Weds, July 30th), I’ll be the featured guest on the Science Fiction Writer’s Chat (#sffwrtcht) on Twitter, to talk about the motivation behind THE MANY TORTURES OF ANTHONY CARDNO,...
View Article“Chasing Satellites” in audio form
I hope everyone is well and enjoying the December holidays as they roll across our calendar. Hard to believe 2015 is almost over. Hannukah has passed; Christmas and Solstice are almost here, and then...
View ArticleLatest New Song
While I’m plugging away on revamping this site and plugging away on writing more short stories, I finally managed to upload the third of the songs I’ve co-written and recorded to my Bandcamp page. It’s...
View Article“Yeti”
My very-short story (it might even be flash fiction) “Yeti” is out today in the anthology ROBBED OF SLEEP, VOLUME 4. It was a fun, moody bit of Gothic-Pulp to write. Check it out at the link. Here’s...
View ArticleShipping This Week
According to Amazon, ONE THOUSAND WORDS FOR WAR ships this week. This wonderful anthology includes my short story “Threshold.” In fact, my story is mentioned in the back cover copy / product...
View ArticleGalactic Games
I made my first professional rate short story sale last year, and the anthology it appears in is now out in print and ebook forms. The anthology is GALACTIC GAMES, edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt and...
View ArticleMilena Govich’s new project
Dear Friends and Frequent Readers, Milena Govich I’m helping my friend (and practically sister-in-law) Milena Govich with her new Indiegogo campaign. As an actress, she’s worked a lot on TV (you may...
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