Today, the Worldbuilder’s auction that includes Cast in Flame went live on ebay. I am going to quote what I sent with the manu­script itself. When World­builders came around this year (2013), and Pat sent email inviting dona­tions and contri­bu­tions for his annual drive, I had my usual reac­tion: I looked at what everyone else was contributing, and felt inad­e­quate. (Because: writer. Everyone else’s ideas always look exciting or inter­esting or orig­inal because they haven’t been living in my head for years.) But this year I had an idea. I mean, I had several, but this partic­ular idea did not imme­di­ately strike me as feeble or unin­ter­esting. (See: writer, above). I was, when I received the email, almost finished Cast in Flame, the 10th in an ongoing series of … Continue reading →